Evansville v. Dennett
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This case is here upon a certificate by the Judges of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
It appears from the statement of facts accompanying tbe questions propounded to this court that, on May 1, 1868, the city of Evansville issued its bonds, bearing date on that day, to the amount in the aggregate of three hundred thousand dollars, in payment of its subscription to the stock of the Evansville, Henderson and Nashville Railroad Company.
Each bond was for the sum of one thousand dollars, was made payable to the bearer thirty years after date, with interest on…
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