Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Rld. v. Comm'rs of Douglas County
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Douglas District Court. Action by the Board of Commissioners of Douglas County, to recover from the Railroad Company, the par value of certain bonds issued by said county to said company in payment of subscription to the stock of the company, to recover back certain interest-money paid on said bonds, and to compel the surrender for cancellation of certain bonds not negotiated.
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Error from Douglas District Court. Action by the Board of Commissioners of Douglas County, to recover from the Railroad Company, the par value of certain bonds issued by said county to said company in payment of subscription to the stock of the company, to recover back certain interest-money paid on said bonds, and to compel the surrender for cancellation of certain bonds not negotiated. Trial at the May Term 1875. Judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $489,539.43, and costs. The Railroad Company brings the case here on error. The opinion, infra, contains a full statement of the facts and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
*172Stfacts.ent of *171This was an action to recover a money judgment for the value of certain .bonds and coupons claimed to have been wrongfully issued to the plaintiff in error, defend*172ant below. The case was tried by the court without a jury, and judgment rendered in favor of the defendant in error, for $489,539.43, to reverse which this proceeding in error is brought. The testimony was not preserved, so that no question of fact is presented for our consideration. No bill of exceptions, or case-made, was signed, so that the case stands before us…
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