Cass County v. Green
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Special Law and Equity Court. — Hon. R. E. Cowan, Judge. This is an injunction to compel the cancellation of certain bonds of Cass county.
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Appeal from Jackson Special Law and Equity Court. — Hon. R. E. Cowan, Judge. This is an injunction to compel the cancellation of certain bonds of Cass county. The petition sets out that the bonds were issued in pursuance of an order of the county court of said county, which directed their issue for the purpose of funding the debt of. the county on account of a subscription to the capital stock of the Missouri Pacific Railroad; that they were negotiable in form and transferable by delivery; that they purported on their face to be issued under the authority of the act of the General Assembly…
1Opinion of the Court
Sherwood, O. J.
— Two questions of prominence present themselves: Eirst, whether the evidence adduced suffices to support the allegations of the petition and warrant the decree rendered. Second, whether on the case made by the pleadings, the plaintiff has any standing in a court of equity. Defendant, seeking a reversal, holds in each instance the negative. As .the pleadings are lengthy and the evidence voluminous, and as the substance of each is hereto prefixed, we will not discuss the evidence in de*504tail, nor give more tban an outline of the petition which seeks' the surrender and cancellation…
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