Brenham v. German American Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. This was an action against a municipal corporation to recover upon coupons cut from negotiable bonds issued by it. Judgment below for plaintiff, to which this writ of error was sued out. The cause was first argued on the 14th of December, 1891. On the 26th of January, 1892, a reargument was ordered, which, was had March 17. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatohpord
This is an action at law, brought November 8, 1886, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas, by the German-American Bank, a New York corporation, against the city of Brenham, a municipal corporation of the State of Texas, to recover $4175 and interest, on 504 coupons, amounting to $4175, being 280 coupons for $2.50 each, 125 coupons for $5 each, 84 coupons for $25 each, and 15 coupons for $50 each, cut from 50 bonds for $50 each, 25 bonds ■for $100 each, 14 bonds for $500 each, and 3 bonds for $1000 each, being all the bonds of the issue, $15,000 in amount.…
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