Grattan Tp. v. Chilton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States tor the District of Nebraska.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in error, Henry Percy Chilton, was the innocent purchaser, for value, of certain bonds and coupons issued by the plaintiff in error, the township of Grattan. The coupons were not paid when they became due, and he brought this action to recover upon them. The township interposed various defenses, and the case was tried by the court below upon an agreed statement of facts, and a judgment was rendered against the plaintiff in error. The opinion of the circuit court upon which this judgment rests may be found in 82 Fed. 873.
Counsel for the plaintiff in error…
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