Norton v. Taxing District of Brownsville
United States Circuit Court
At Law. On motion for now trial. Suit upon coupons of bonds in aid of a railroad corporation, issued by the defendant in pursuance of an act of the legislature of February 8, 1870, c. 55, upon an election held June 18, 1870, under an ordinance of the municipality passed May 12, 1870, the bonds reciting that they were issued in conformity with that act; the vote for the bonds being unanimous.
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At Law. On motion for now trial. Suit upon coupons of bonds in aid of a railroad corporation, issued by the defendant in pursuance of an act of the legislature of February 8, 1870, c. 55, upon an election held June 18, 1870, under an ordinance of the municipality passed May 12, 1870, the bonds reciting that they were issued in conformity with that act; the vote for the bonds being unanimous. The date of the bonds was July 1,1870. But on the 5th day of May, 1870, the new constitution of Tennessee took effect, before the new election was ordered or held, and before the bonds were issued; and by…
1Opinion of the Court
Hammoxd, J.,
(after Ming the facts as above.) This case, by agreement, was heard with another for convenience, and upon the agreed statement of facts filed in the record. The motion for a new trial involves only the same questions raised at the trial, and proceeds upon the ground that the court erred in directing a verdict for the defendant upon the law of the case. I do not deem it necessary to consider the merits of the controversy involved.in the case at any length, for the reason that, following a former decision of this court in a suit involving the same bonds, or the coupons upon them,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Norton v. Shelby CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Green v. DyersburgU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Tennessee · 1879