Harter v. Kernochan
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Southern District of Illinois. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This suit involves the liability of the township of Harter, in the county of Clay, State of Illinois, upon certain bonds, signed by its supervisor, countersigned by its clerk, and issued, in its name, under date of April 1, 1870. They were each made payable in the sum of $1,000 to the Illinois Southeastern Railway Company or bearer, thirty years after date, with interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum; the right, however, being reserved to the township to make payment at any time after five years from daté of issue. Each recites that it is one of a series “ issued by said township to…
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