Chanute City v. Trader
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO TIIE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. The plaintiff in error moved the court “ to grant such order, writ or mandate as may be fit and proper to secure to plaintiff in error a stay of the peremptory writ of mandamus heretofore issued by the court below, and to secure plaintiff in error the ’ supersedeas to which plaintiff in error is entitled under the statute.”
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ERROR TO TIIE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. The plaintiff in error moved the court “ to grant such order, writ or mandate as may be fit and proper to secure to plaintiff in error a stay of the peremptory writ of mandamus heretofore issued by the court below, and to secure plaintiff in error the ’ supersedeas to which plaintiff in error is entitled under the statute.” The defendant in error moved to dismiss the writ of error under rule 6, and to affirm the judgment below. The two motions were heard together. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice B latch ford
delivered the opinion of the court.
Wilbur F. Trader recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas against the city of Clianute, on the 4th of December, 1885, for §7702.12, damages and costs, on certain bonds and coupons issued July 1, 1872, by the city of Tioga. Each bond stated that the city of Tioga was “ indebted to the Tioga Flouring Mill Company, in the sum h>f five hundred dollars, lawful money of the United States, with interest from the date here! of, at the rate of ten per cent per annum, as provided by law,, and…
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