Jonesboro City v. Cairo & St. Louis Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FEOM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE SOUTHEEN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Bill in equity to obtain an injunction against assessing and levying taxes to pay for tbe principal and interest of bonds issued by a municipal corporation in payment of a subscription to stock in a railroad company.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
delivered the opinion of the court. '
This is an appeal from a decree in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of. Illinois, dismissing a bill in equity filed by the city of Jonesboro, in that State, against the Cairo & St. Louis Railroad Company, an Illinois corporation, the auditor of State, the county clerk and sheriff of Union County, Illinois, and the “ Unknown holders of the Jonesboro City bonds, issued in aid of the Cairo & St. Louis Railroad Company.” The suit was commenced in one of the courts of the State. Its .object was to obtain a decree perpetually…
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