City of Hialeah v. Harris

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The appellees recovered judgment against the appellant on certain past-due bonds and interest coupons. The pleas on which the trial was had were that the writings sued on were not the deeds of the defendant-appellant and that the plaintiffsappellees were not at the time of the filing of the suit or the pleas the owners, holders, or bearers in any capacity of said writings. The plaintiffs alleged in the declaration that they were a Bondholders Protective Committee, and exhibited the agreement by which bonds issued by the defendant were to be deposited with them, and that…