E. H. Rollins & Sons v. Board of Com'rs of Gunnison County
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. This was a suit which was brought by E. H. Rollins & Sons, a corporation of New Hampshire, the plaintiff in error, against the board of county commissioners of the county of Gunnison, state of Colorado, the defendant in error. The action was founded on coupons attached to 10 county bonds, each of which was in the following form: "No. -. Series A. $1,000. “United States of America.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. This was a suit which was brought by E. H. Rollins & Sons, a corporation of New Hampshire, the plaintiff in error, against the board of county commissioners of the county of Gunnison, state of Colorado, the defendant in error. The action was founded on coupons attached to 10 county bonds, each of which was in the following form: "No. -. Series A. $1,000. “United States of America. “County of Gunnison, State of Colorado. “Funding Bond. “The county of Gunnison, in the state of Colorado, acknowledges itself indebted…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, Circuit Judge
Inasmuch as the bill of exceptions fails to show that it contains all the evidence which was produced at the trial of the case, the point is well made, in behalf of the defendant, that the action of the lower court in directing a verdict for the defendant cannot be reviewed. Nor can any of the exceptions which were taken to the charge be reviewed, for, while the charge was somewhat lengthy, yet, as it concluded with a peremptory direction to the jury to return a verdict for the defendant, it must be treated by this court precisely as it would have been had the trial court, without any…
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