Legal Opinion
Chicot County v. Sherwood
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 3, 1893No. 170PublishedCited by 152 opinions
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OE ARKANSAS. . The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jackson
This was an action by the defendants in error, citizens of the State of New York, against Chicot County, Arkansas, upon 17 bonds and -80 interest warrants or coupons thereto attached, forming a portion of an issue of bonds made and executed by that county, in 1872, for the amount- of a stock subscription made by it to the Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River Railroad Company. The bonds and coupons sued on were in the following form:
" .“United States of America, State of Arkansas.
“No. 3. ' . • $500.
“ It is hereby certified that the county of Chicot is indebted unto and will pay the Mississippi,…
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