Johnson City v. Railroad
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM WASHINGTON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Washington County. John P. Smith, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
The Mayor and Aldermen of Johnson City filed the bill in this cause to impeach and cancel $75,000 of coupon bonds issued by Johnson City to the Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago' Railroad Company in payment of its subscription to the capital stock of that company. Most of the bonds had passed into the hands of innocent purchasers before the bill was filed, and those purchasers, with all other necessary parties, were im-pleaded as defendants. Briefly stated, the grounds of attack were: (1) That the legislation under which the bonds were issued was unconstitutional; (2) that the-company whose…
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