Powell v. Erath County
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas; James C. Wilson, Judge. Suit in equity by Erath County, Tex., and others, against Powell, Garard & Co. Decree for complainants, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
On December 17, 1917, Erath county filed a suit in the district court of said county, seeking to have canceled as void one issue of county warrants, for $120 000, and $18,999.14 of another issue of warrants aggregating $35,000. The $120,000 of warrants were issued to pay for certain road work done under a contract entered into between the commissioners’ court of Erath county and one Dawson. The case was removed into the United States District Court for the Northern District of-Texas at Port Worth. Thereafter Powell, *306Garard & Co. filed a suit in said United States District…
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