Litchfield v. Ballou
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. This was a bill in chancery to enforce payment of moneys .loaned to a municipality in Violation of law, and for which it had been held that an action could not. be maintained at law. Buchanan v. Litchfield, 102 U. S. 278. The facts mailing the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This is an appeal from a decree in chancery of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illinois'.
The suit was commenced by a bill brought by Ballou against the city of Litchfield. Complainant alleges that he is the owner of bonds issued by the city of Litchfield to a very considerable amount. That the money received by the city for the sale to him of these bonds was used in the construction of a system of water works for the city, of which the city is now the owner. He alleges that one Buchanan, who was the owner of some of these bonds, brought suit on them in the same court and was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Buchanan v. LitchfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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