Legal Opinion
Hopper v. Town of Covington
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
Decided October 12, 1881PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Gresham, D. J.
This is an action on interest coupons, alike except in numbér, one of which reads as follows:
« $8. Covington, IND., October 1, 1876.
“ One year after date the town of Covington will pay to the bearer, in the city of Hew. York, eight dollars, being one year’s interest on bond Ho. 14.
“ A. Gest, President.
“Attest: FRANK M. Hicks, Clerk.”
It is alleged in the complaint that the town of Covington executed certain bonds to which the coupons in suit had been attached. Copies of the bonds are not filed with the complaint; there is no allegation as to their tenor and effect, the purpose of…
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