Mayor of Vicksburg v. Lombard
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Warren County. Hon. Geo. E. Brown, Judge. ' These were three mandamus suits (submitted together) to enforce the payment of interest upon municipal bonds issued by the city of Vicksburg. One hundred thousand dollars were issued as a loan to the Vicksburg and Pensacola Railroad, by virtue of the law and an election authorized by it.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Warren County. Hon. Geo. E. Brown, Judge. ' These were three mandamus suits (submitted together) to enforce the payment of interest upon municipal bonds issued by the city of Vicksburg. One hundred thousand dollars were issued as a loan to the Vicksburg and Pensacola Railroad, by virtue of the law and an election authorized by it. Five hundred thousand dollars were issued under the charter acts of the city, and are known as the “improvement” bonds. By an act of the legisla ture, $100,000 of the $500,000 improvement fund was authorized to be loaned to the…
1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, J.
These three cases involve the validity of the improvement and railroad bonds of the city of Vicksburg. The subject embraces the following questions:
First. When did the charter and supplement thereto, of July, 1870, take effect?
Second. Was the mayor and aldermen, under whose adminstration the bonds were issued, officers de jure or de fado ?
Third. Did the city authorities transcend their power in making the bonds negotiable?
Fourth. Were the bonds registered, as required by the charter?
Fifth. Did the requisite majority of voters approve and consent to the loan of $100,000 of bonds to the…
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