Keith County v. Citizens' Savings & Loan Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. This was an action by the Citizens’ Savings & Loan Association, the defendant in error, which is a citizen of the state of Ohio, against the county of Keith, in the state of Nebraska, Gerry T. Scott, Axel Nelson, and Fred E. Fease, county commissioners of said county, the plaintiffs in error, upon 12 coupons detached from municipal bonds, which bonds and coupons were in the following form,…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. This was an action by the Citizens’ Savings & Loan Association, the defendant in error, which is a citizen of the state of Ohio, against the county of Keith, in the state of Nebraska, Gerry T. Scott, Axel Nelson, and Fred E. Fease, county commissioners of said county, the plaintiffs in error, upon 12 coupons detached from municipal bonds, which bonds and coupons were in the following form, except that the bonds ran for different periods: “No. One. $3,000. “United States of America. “County of Keith, State of…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, Circuit Judge
The primary question which the record presents for our determination is whether any law of the state of Nebraska authorized municipal precincts to issue bonds in aid of the construction of canals at the time the precinct bonds which are involved- in this suit were issued, registered, and sold? The facts pertinent to the decision of this question are as follows: A law was enacted by the legislature of the state of Nebraska on March 6, 1885 (Raws Neb. 1885, p. 268, c. 58), that was in force when the bonds in suit were executed, which authorized “any precinct, township or village (less than a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Evansville v. DennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Supervisors v. SchenckSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Washington County v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
- Society for Savings v. City of New LondonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1860
- County of Clay v. Society for SavingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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- Town of Calistoga v. AdamsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1918