Tennessee Bond Cases Stevens v. Memphis & C. R. Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. APPEAL .FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED ' STATES FOR THE. WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. APPEALS PROM THE- OEROUIT COURT OF THE UNITED' STATES FOR THE MIDBEE DISTRICT • QF -TENNESSEE. APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED. STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT "OF TENNESSEE.
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APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. APPEAL .FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED ' STATES FOR THE. WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. APPEALS PROM THE- OEROUIT COURT OF THE UNITED' STATES FOR THE MIDBEE DISTRICT • QF -TENNESSEE. APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED. STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT "OF TENNESSEE. These were suits brought by the holders of. unpaid bonds of the State of Tennessee, issued to various railroad companies under the act of February 11, 1852, “ to establish a system of internál improvements,” to enforce the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
After stating the facts as above recited, he continued:
The question which lies at the foundation of all these suits is, whether the statutory lien with which the • State of Tennessee was invested, upon the.issue of its bonds to railroad companies under the internal improvement act of Eebruary 11, 185-2, and the several.acts amendatory thereof, bound the property of the company to which the issue was made for the payment of the bonds so issued, and the interest thereon, to the several holders thereof, or only to the State; for, if to the State alone, it is conceded the lien has been…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Railroad Companies v. SchutteSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Grafton v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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