Matthews v. City of Alexandria

This was a suit upon one hundred and ten bonds of the city of Alexandria, twenty of which are dated October 8th,-1859; thirty are dated December 3d, 1859, and sixty are dated July 7th 1860, each for $100, payable ten years after date, with ten per cent, interest, to A. Maxwell, or his assigns. The petition alleges the written assignment thereof by Maxwell to William Matthews, the plaintiff, on the 26th day of August, 1872. The bonds are not payable out of any particular fund, but are the absolute obligations of the city to pay the sums specified. The city, in its answer, admitted the…