Katzenberger v. Aberdeen
Supreme Court of the United States
error to the district court of the united states for the NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI. This was an action at law to recover interest on municipal bonds. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiffs sued out this writ of error. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This is a suit brought against the city of Aberdeen, on the 14th of September, 1882, to recover the interest from May 1, 1874, to May 1, 1882,. on 156 bonds of the city issued to the Memphis, Holly Springs, Okolona and Selma Railroad Company, under date of April 26, 1870. The alleged authority for the issue of the bonds is an amendment, to‘the charter of the city .in November, 1858, Laws of Mississippi, 1858, p. 221, as follows:
“ Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That the mayor and selectmen of the city of Aberdeen be, and they are hereby, empowered to…
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