State ex rel. Kellogg v. Bishop
Supreme Court of Missouri
Petition for Mandamus. The act of March 9,1863, under which the Union military bonds were issued, created a fund called the “ Union military fund,” and pledged the same for the payment and redemption of all the bonds issued, principal and interest.
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Petition for Mandamus. The act of March 9,1863, under which the Union military bonds were issued, created a fund called the “ Union military fund,” and pledged the same for the payment and redemption of all the bonds issued, principal and interest. The act appropriates certain taxes “ levied and to be collected” to that fund; in like manner it appropriates “ all money that may come into the treasury of the State from appropriations made by the Congress of the United States to the State of Missouri for the purpose of paying the military forces thereof, or for indemnity for expenses incurred in…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
The petitioner states that, on the first day of May, 1867, he presented at the office of the State Treasurer certain “Union military bonds” of the issues of 1863 and 1865, amounting in all to some forty thousand dollars, and requested the Treasurer to receive, arrange and pay the same as required by law; that on that day the State Treasurer had in the treasury, or subject to his order, besides other money, the sum of six hundred thousand dollars received from the appropriations made by Congress to the State of Missouri for expenses incurred in suppressing the rebellion, and being money which…
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