German Savings Bank v. Franklin County
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Bonds issued by Franklin County, Illinois, to the Belleville and Eldorado Railroad Company, in November, 1877, held invalid. ■The vote of the people of the county in favor of subscribing to the stock of the company was taken in September, 1869, the subscription to be ; payable in bonds, which were to be issued only on compliance with a specified condition, as to the time of completing…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Bonds issued by Franklin County, Illinois, to the Belleville and Eldorado Railroad Company, in November, 1877, held invalid. ■The vote of the people of the county in favor of subscribing to the stock of the company was taken in September, 1869, the subscription to be ; payable in bonds, which were to be issued only on compliance with a specified condition, as to the time of completing the road through the county. At the time of the vote, the act of April 16, 1869, was in force authorizing the county to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
This-is- a,. suit in equity, c’óirimenced on the 4th of August, •1880, by a.bill in equity filed in the Franklin County Circuit Court, of the State of Illinois, by the county of .Franklin, as' plaintiff, against the Belleville apd-' Eldorado Bailroad Company,- the county clerk of Franklin County, the sheriff and collector of-that county, the auditor of public accounts of the' State of Illinois,; the treasurer of that State, four individuals alleged to be holder® of bonds issued by the county, and the unknown holders of cithers of such bonds.
The bill was founded upon the alleged invalidity of…
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