Lower v. United States Ex Rel
Supreme Court of the United States
■Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Northern District of Illinois. Tbe town of Ohio, in tbe county of Bureau and state of Illinois, issued coupon bonds, bearing date Jan. 1, 1871, by way of payment for its -subscription to- the stock of tbe Illinois-Grand Trunk Railway.
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■Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Northern District of Illinois. Tbe town of Ohio, in tbe county of Bureau and state of Illinois, issued coupon bonds, bearing date Jan. 1, 1871, by way of payment for its -subscription to- the stock of tbe Illinois-Grand Trunk Railway. Suck subscription bad been made as authorized by an act of the General "Assembly of that State in force March 25, 1869, which provided that it should be-the duty of the proper authorities of the town to provide for ¡the prompt payment of all interest and other liabilities accruing 'on such bonds, and to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Davis
The answer in this cáse presents no valid defence. The object of the petition is to compel the plaintiffs in error, as town-auditors, to audit a judgment rendered against the' town of Ohio upon overdue coupons attached to bonds issued by that municipal corporation, so that it can be placed in process of collection, in accordance with the Illinois township law. This law provides specifically for the auditing of . town-charges, among which judgments are included, and for the levy'of taxes to pay them (Rev. Stat. of 111. 1874, p.-1080) ; but the plaintiffs in error say that judgments like the…
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