Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Ypsilanti

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 20, 1882No. 153PublishedCited by 49 opinions

ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for tbe Eastern District of Michigan. • The case is stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr, Justice Harlan

delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought by Taylor, a citizen of New York, to recover from the city of Ypsilanti, a municipal corpora-, tion of Michigan, the amount' of certain coupons cut from bonds issued by that city in aid of the construction of' the Detroit, Hillsdale, and' Indiana Railroad. At the conclu.sion of the evidence, the jury, being so instructed, returned a verdict in behalf of the city, upon which judgment was entered.

'.The bonds purport to have been issued under the authority oh a general statute, approved March 22, 1869, declaring it to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Douglass v. County of PikeSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. People ex rel. Detroit & Howell Railroad v. Township BoardMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
  3. Township of Pine Grove v. TalcottSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  4. Ohio Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. DeboltSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
  5. City v. LamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Loeb v. Columbia Township TrusteesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. State Ex Rel. Nuveen v. GreerSupreme Court of Florida · 1924
  3. Warring v. ColpoysCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
  4. Miller v. Amusement Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  5. Anderson v. Santa AnnaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

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