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Brown v. County of Buena Vista

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 19, 1877No. 77PublishedCited by 120 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne

This is an appeal in equity. The appellee filed the bill; The decree of the court below was against the appellant.

In this court, the grounds relied upon to sustain the decree are, —

That the judgment sought to be enjoined was procured by the fraud and conspiracy of the appellants,- Jamison the county-clerk, and Moore the county treasurer;

That the judgment was founded in a ■ large part upon war-' rants of the county, issued pursuant to a fraudulent conspiracy of the same parties, and in part upon warrants Avhich were forged;

And that the payments upon the judgment were procured to be made, by…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Marine Ins. Co. of Alexandria v. HodgsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
  2. Sullivan v. Portland & Kennebec RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  3. Riddle v. BakerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1859
  4. Sample v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
  5. Powell v. StewartSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850

3Cited by120 opinions

  1. Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Galliher v. CadwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. Lux v. HagginCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Maguire v. Hibernia Savings & Loan SocietyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944

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