Seibert v. Lewis
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE' EASTERN DISTRICT OF .MISSOURI. This was a proceeding- by mandamus in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE' EASTERN DISTRICT OF .MISSOURI. This was a proceeding- by mandamus in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. The alternative writ recited that in 1883 a peremptory writ of mandany# was issued by the court, commanding the county court of Cape Girardeau County and the judges.thereof to make a levy on all the real estate and personal property in Cape Girardeau township subject to taxation, including statements of merchants and manufacturers doing business in said township, and that thereupon the county…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
It is conceded that the relator’s judgment, which he is now seeking to collect, was founded upon municipal obligations of Cape Girardeau County, issued under the authority of an act to facilitate the construction of railroads in the state of Missouri, which took effect March 23, 1868. Missouri .Laws of 1868, p. 92. The second section of that act is as follows :
“ Sec. 2. In order to meet the payments on account of the subscription to the stock, according to its terms, or to pay the interest and principal oh any bond which may be issued on account of such subscription, the county court shall,…
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