United States ex rel. Pierce v. Cargill
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Petition for mandamus by the United States, on the relation of Prank Pierce, against H. W. Cargill, Assessor, and others.
1Opinion of the Court
TRIEBER, District Judge.
The relator, at the October term, 1917, recovered in this court a judgment against the county of Van Burén, Ark., for several thousand dollars. The judgment was based on county warrants, issued in conformity with the laws of the state, payable out of the general fund. The debts for which these warrants were issued were all contracted not earlier than 1914, and the warrants sued on were issued at different times since then, and purchased by the relator after the decision in United States ex rel. v. Jimmerson, 222 Fed. 489, 138 C. C. A. 85, L. R. A. 1918B, 1102, and…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Kuhn v. Fairmont Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
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