Legal Opinion
Porter v. City of Janesville
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Wisconsin
Decided July 1, 1880PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Demurrer to complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Bunn, D. J.
This action is brought by the plaintiff, who is a citizen of Massachusetts, against the city of Janesville, in Wisconsin, to recover the amount of a certain bond for the sum of $1,000 and interest issued by the defendant to the Bock Biver Valley Bailroad Company, a corporation in Wisconsin, and assignee to the plaintiff.
The following is a copy of the bond:
United States oe America,
State oe Wisconsin,
Janesville, July 1, 1853.
$1,000. JANESVILLE SCRIP. No. 47.
This certifies that the city of Janesville is indebted to the Bock Biver Valley Union Bailroad Company in the principal sum of…
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- Blake v. Board of Supervisors of Livingston CountyNew York Supreme Court · 1871
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