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Hickman v. Town of Fletcher

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 30, 1912No. 3,544PublishedCited by 3 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. Action at law by Samuel G. Hickman against the Town of Fletcher. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

REED, District Judge.

This action was brought by the plaintiff in error against the town of Fletcher, Colo., a suburb of the city, of Denver, to recover upon certain negotiable bonds and interest coupons thereon, issued by the defendant in 1891, in payment of a S3rstem of waterworks acquired by the town in that year. From a judgment for the defendant upon the bonds and the later interest coupons thereon the plaintiff brings error.

This is the third appearance in this court of the controversy between these same parties over these bonds and semiannual interest coupons thereon. The first was an…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Russell v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  3. Last Chance Mining Co. v. Tyler Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
  4. Board of Com'rs v. SutliffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
  5. Town of Fletcher v. HickmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Davis v. FoleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  2. McCulloch v. Davenport Savings BankDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1915
  3. Town of Fletcher v. HickmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913

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