Legal Opinion

Anthony v. County of Jasper

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 12, 1880No. 128PublishedCited by 77 opinions

Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite

This is a suit upon interest coupons originally attached to bonds issued under the Township Aid Act of Missouri, and presents the following facts: —

On the 10th'ot February, 1872, the township of Marion, in Jasper County, upon a call duly made under the law, voted to subscribe $75,000 to the stock of the Memphis, Carthage, and Northwestern Railroad Company upon certain conditions, and on the 28th of March following the county court made the sub: scription on the terms and subject to the conditions specified.

On the 80th of March in that year an act was passed by the General Assembly of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McGarrahan v. Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Town of Weyauwega v. AylingSupreme Court of the United States · 1879

3Cited by77 opinions

  1. Yesler v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Louisiana v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. Eagle, Star & British Dominions Insurance v. HellerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1927
  4. Northern Bank of Toledo v. Porter Township TrusteesSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  5. Marsh v. Nichols, Shepard & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888

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