Wade v. Travis County
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. This was an action brought in the Circuit Court for the Western District of Texas by the plaintiff Wade, who is á citizen of the State of Illinois, against the county of Travis, to recover upon certain interest coupons detached from forty-seven bonds issued by the defendant for the purpose of builuing an iron bridge across the Colorado River.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. This was an action brought in the Circuit Court for the Western District of Texas by the plaintiff Wade, who is á citizen of the State of Illinois, against the county of Travis, to recover upon certain interest coupons detached from forty-seven bonds issued by the defendant for the purpose of builuing an iron bridge across the Colorado River. The petitioner set forth that in July, 1888, the defendant, being authorized so to do, entered into a contract with the King Iron Bridge Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, Ohio, for the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This case involves the validity of certain bonds issued by the county of Travis in payment to the King Iron Bridge Manufacturing Company for-the construction of a bridge over the Colorado River; and, incidentally, the weight to be given to alleged conflicting decisions of the Supreme Court of Texas as to the validity of such bonds.
As bearing upon this question, the following sections of Article XI of the constitution of Texas, upon the subject of “ Municipal Corporations,” are pertinent:
“ Sec. 2. The construction of jails, court houses and bridges, and the establishment of county poor houses…
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