Corliss v. Pulaski County
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illnois
The case was tried before the court by written agreement without the intervention of a jury. The declaration is upon railroad aid bonds numbered 138, 134, 135, 130, 137, and 17, issued by said county in 1872, and certain coupons, cut and uncut, attached thereto. Upon the trial, defendant introduced the record of the case of Post v. Pulaski Co. ,(C. C. A., 7th Cir., Oct. term, A. D. 1891) 1 C. C. A. 405, 49 Fed. 628.
1Opinion of the Court
HUMPHREY, District Judge.
This is a suit on six railroad aid bonds issued by the county of Pulaski in 1872, and accompanying coupons. Certain of the coupons in question were declared upon in a former suit in this court, entitled Post v. Pulaski Co., 47 Fed. 282, and the coupons and the bonds from which they were cut, including the bonds in question, were declared void. This judgment was affirmed on writ of error (see 1 C. C. A. 405, 49 Fed. 628), and the plaintiff in this case, holding by, through, or under the plaintiff in the Post Case, cannot recover, as the matter is res judicata, and the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Post v. Pulaski CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1892
- Post v. County of PulaskiU.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illnois · 1891