Bissell v. Township of Spring Valley
United States Circuit Court
Action to Recover the Money Due on Town Bonds. Answer, alleging that clerk’s signature to the bonds was forged. Demurrer to answer.
1Opinion of the CourtBrewer, J.
In this case, an action on township bonds, a demurrer to the first count in the answer has been argued. The petition alleges that the bonds were issued and registered; and, in respect to the registry, as the bonds were issued before the act of 1872 was passed, it details that they were presented to the auditor, by him certified, notice thereof given by him to the officers issuing the bonds, and that by them such notice was entered upon the official records of the bonds. The first count in the answer avers that the signature of the county clerk to the bonds was forged, and that the seal of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lewis v. CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Bissell v. Spring Valley TownshipSupreme Court of the United States · 1884