Wall v. County of Monroe
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. This is; an action upon .the warrants of the county of Monroe, Arkansas, which were drawn, by the clerk of the county upon its treasurer, in favor of one Frank Gallagher, and transferred by him to the plaintiff. The following is a copy of one of them.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. This is; an action upon .the warrants of the county of Monroe, Arkansas, which were drawn, by the clerk of the county upon its treasurer, in favor of one Frank Gallagher, and transferred by him to the plaintiff. The following is a copy of one of them. The others are of like tenor and effect, though some of them are'for only $20. “ $50.] [No. 804. “ The treasurer of the county of Monroe will pay to Frank Gallagher or bearer the sum of fifty dollars, out of any money in the treasury for general county purposes…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The warrants in suit are evidences of indebtedness by the county of Monroe, issued by that branch of its government to which is intrusted, by the laws of the State, the examination and approval of claims against the county. They are orders upon the treasurer of the county to pay out of its funds for county purposes, not otherwise appropriated, the amounts specified. They establish, prima facie, the validity of the claims allowed and authorize their payment. But they have no other effect. Their issue determined nothing as to other demands of the payee .against the county, or of the, county…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shirk v. Pulaski CountyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Arkansas · 1877
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