Concord v. Robinson
Supreme Court of the United States
EBBOB TO THE CIBCUIT COUBT OF THE UNITED STATES FOB THE NOBTHEEN DISTBIOT OF ILLINOIS. This was an action at law to- recover on coupons attached to negotiable bonds issued by the. plaintiff in error. A jury was waived at the trial. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant sued out this writ of error. The ease is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This is an action upon negotiable coupon bonds, signed by the supervisor and clerk of the town of Concord, a municipal corporation existing under the'township organization law of Illinois. They were executed in 1871. Each bond purports, upon its face, to have been “ issued under and by virtue of a law of the State of Illinois to authorize cities, towns or. townships within certáiü. limits to appropriate moneys and levy a’ tax to aid the construction of the Chicago, Danville and Yincennes Railroad,” and pledges the faith of the township for the payment of the' principal and interest. The act…
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