Pruyn v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. On the 12th of November, 1850, the City of Milwaukee issued sundry bonds for $1000 each, payable in the city of New York on the 12th of November, 1860, “ together with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, payable annually on the presentation of the annexed warrants.”
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. On the 12th of November, 1850, the City of Milwaukee issued sundry bonds for $1000 each, payable in the city of New York on the 12th of November, 1860, “ together with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, payable annually on the presentation of the annexed warrants.” This action was brought in 1863 to recover the principal of several of such bonds belonging to the plaintiff, and also the amount of the interest warrant attached to each for the interest payable November 12th, 1860 ; and the plaintiff claimed interest upon…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
The question presented in this case has already been decided against tbe appellant in Spencer v. Maxfield, 16 Wis., 188. And in tbe opinion filed by Mr. Justice PAINE on tbe motion for a rehearing which was made in that cause, a number of cases are cited which show that tbe decision of "this court was not altogether wanting in authority to support it. The cases of Miller v. Burroughs, 4 Johns. Ch., 436, and Van Buren v. Van Grosbeck, 4 Cowen, 496, which were referred to by tbe counsel for tbe respondent on tbe argument, likewise sustain it. But it is not now proposed to…
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- Miller v. BurroughsNew York Court of Chancery · 1820
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