Legal Opinion
Moulton v. City of Evansville
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
Decided November 2, 1885PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Demurrer to Declaration.
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
This demurrer brings into question the validity of two series of negotiable bonds made by the city of Evansville to the Evansville, Henderson & Nashville Railroad Company and to the Evansville, Carnie & Paducah Railroad Company, upon subscription to the capital stock of said companies in the sum of $300,000 to each company. The bonds issued to the first-named company bear date May 1, 1868, and each contains the following recital:
“This being one of a series of three hundred bonds of like amount, tenor, and date issued by tlxe city of Evansville in payment of a subscription to the Evansville,…
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