MacOn County v. Huidekoper
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO ‘THE CIRCUIT COURT OF- THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT 'OF MISSOURI.' On. the 19th of- November, 1879, the relator, Alfred’ Huide-koper, recovered in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of- the Western-District of Missouri, a - judgment against Macon County, in that State, for $28,033,00, and costs, upon interest ^coupons detached- from ■certain bonds issued May 2, 1870,- by.that county to the Missouri and Mississippi Railroad…
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ERROR TO ‘THE CIRCUIT COURT OF- THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT 'OF MISSOURI.' On. the 19th of- November, 1879, the relator, Alfred’ Huide-koper, recovered in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of- the Western-District of Missouri, a - judgment against Macon County, in that State, for $28,033,00, and costs, upon interest ^coupons detached- from ■certain bonds issued May 2, 1870,- by.that county to the Missouri and Mississippi Railroad Company, under the authority of -the 13th section- of the act incorporating the company, approved February 20, 1865. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justioe Field,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
' According to the law of Missouri under which the bonds Of Macon County were issued to the. Missouri and Mississippi. EailrOad Company, in payment of its subscription of stock to that company^ as stated above, the balance due upon the judgment of the relator, after application of the moneys raised by the spécial tax of one-twentieth of one per cent upon the assessed value of taxable property, stood on the same footing as any other liability of the county to be paid out of its general funds. To raise revenue to meet…
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