City of Belton v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank

The appeal in this case is from a judgment against the city of Belton in seven consolidated suits brought against the city upon certain warrants and bond and warrant coupons, the validity of which constitutes the controversy presented in each of the cases. There was a trial to the court without a jury, in which judgment was rendered in favor of the several plaintiffs for the amounts of the coupons and warrants sued upon, establishing the validity of all the bond and warrant issues brought in question in the litigation, and awarding writs of mandamus against the city officials, requiring the…