Koshkonong v. Burton
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the-Western District of Wisconsin. • The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The object of this action, which was commenced on the twelfth day of May, 1880, is to recover the amount due on bonds, with 'interest coupons attached, issued on the first day of January, 1857, by the town of Koshkonong, a municipal corporation of Wisconsin, pursuant to authority conferred by an act of the legislature of that State. They were made payable to the Chicago, St. Paul, and Fond du Lac Railroad Company, or its assigns, on the first day of January, 1877, at the American Exchange -Bank, in the city of New York, with interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum, payable…
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