Legal Opinion

Clay Center v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 16, 1892No. 339PublishedCited by 16 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. The case is stated in the opinion'.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller

This was a suit to recover of the city of Clay Center two instalments of hydrant rental for eighteen hundred and fifty dollars each, with interest. These rentals were claimed to be due under an alleged contract in-respect of the erection of water-works, between the city and one Bonebrake and a "Water-works company, his assignee and successor, and to .be payable under said contract to the -Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company, trustee in a trust deed tó secure bonds issued by the Water-works company for the purpose of borrowing money to complete the construction of the, works.

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2Cited by16 opinions

  1. Holt v. Indiana Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. Berryman v. Board of Trustees of Whitman CollegeSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. Rubel-Jones Agency, Inc. v. JonesDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1958
  5. Mayor of Baltimore v. Postal Tel. Cable Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland · 1894

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