Board of Com'rs v. Vandriss
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. This action was brought by L. Vandriss, the defendant in error, against the board of county commissioners of Kearny County, Kan., the plaintiff in error, on 280 coupons that had been detached from municipal bonds. Said bonds, together with the certificate of the county clerk and state auditor, were in the following form: “No.- $250.00. “United States of America. “Funding Bond.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. This action was brought by L. Vandriss, the defendant in error, against the board of county commissioners of Kearny County, Kan., the plaintiff in error, on 280 coupons that had been detached from municipal bonds. Said bonds, together with the certificate of the county clerk and state auditor, were in the following form: “No.- $250.00. “United States of America. “Funding Bond. “Township of Lakin, Finney County, State of Kansas. “Know all men by these presents that the township of Lakin, county of Finney, in the…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, Circuit Judge
The testimony below showed, without contradiction, that the entire issue of bonds in suit, amounting to $5,000, was sold in the open market for cash, at a small premium above their par value, in the month of March, 1887, shortly after they were executed, and that the purchaser had no knowledge of any facts or circumstances impairing their validity, save such as was disclosed by the bonds themselves, when read in connection with the act under which they had been issued. The original purchaser of the bonds, and all subsequent holders thereof, who succeeded to his rights, must be regarded,…
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