Hatch v. Coddington
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit 0ourt of the United States for the Southern District of New York. .This action, was trover by Edwin A.' C. Hatch'against Thomas B. Coddington fop the conversion of forty-five. Minnesota State’ bonds. Each party claimed them under the ’Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company, to whom they had, on the 3d óf February, 4859, been issued by the.
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Error to the Circuit 0ourt of the United States for the Southern District of New York. .This action, was trover by Edwin A.' C. Hatch'against Thomas B. Coddington fop the conversion of forty-five. Minnesota State’ bonds. Each party claimed them under the ’Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company, to whom they had, on the 3d óf February, 4859, been issued by the. State, under a provision of its Constitution’authorizing the.issue of such bonds for the purpose of expediting the construction of- certain railroads.’ The plaintiff claimed title' by the following transfers, both dated'Máy 13, 1859:— .…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
We concur with the Circuit Court in the opinion that Mr. Rice was authorized by the resolution of the board of directors of July 13, 1858, to make the contract with the defendant, which it is claimed he made on the 21st of April, 1859.. . That resolution was very broad. As appears from its preamble, it aimed to provide, promptly, means for the construction, of one hundred miles of the company’s railroad, and to guard against default in the performance of the conditions upon which the credit of the State had been loaned; and these' aims were intended to be secured, in part, with the aid of the…
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