Lewis v. City of Shreveport
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE • UNITED STATES F0R THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. Action to recover interest due on-municipal bonds issued in aid of a railway. Defence that the charter of the municipality and the laws affecting it conferred no power to issue such bonds, and that the bonds were issued without authority and are void. The charter of Shreveport contained no express au.bority for the issue of such bonds.. The parties agreed to the facts on the hearing below.
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE • UNITED STATES F0R THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. Action to recover interest due on-municipal bonds issued in aid of a railway. Defence that the charter of the municipality and the laws affecting it conferred no power to issue such bonds, and that the bonds were issued without authority and are void. The charter of Shreveport contained no express au.bority for the issue of such bonds.. The parties agreed to the facts on the hearing below. The following are ’ the most material parts of that agreement: “2. That on the 26th of June, 1872, an ordinance was…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This was a suit brought to recover the amount of certain coupons cut from bonds issued by the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, which appear on their face to have been issued “ in aid of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company.” In point of fact, the bonds were used to buy lands to bé donated to the railroad company as a site for depots and machine shops.
We have had occasion, at this term, in the case of City of Ottawa v. Cary (ante, 110), to repeat and apply a rule which has always been recognized and adhered to in this court, to the effect, that unless power has been given by the legislature to a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Parkersburg v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Wilson v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877
- Edey v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1874
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