Legal Opinion
Tompkins v. Little Rock & Ft. S. Ry.
United States Circuit Court
Decided July 1, 1883PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Justice.
These are two separate suits brought by the holders of bonds issued to the defendant railroad companies, or to their predecessors which had received the bonds, by the state of Arkansas. The bonds are without the indorsement of the companies, and if they are responsible for their payment, as the plaintiffs assert in their bills, that responsibility, must arise out of some other matter connected with their acceptance and sale of them to the present holders or their privies. The bonds were in the following form:
“ United States of America.
“It is hereby certified that the State of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Railroad Companies v. SchutteSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Heine v. Levee CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Ketchum v. St. LouisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Chamberlain v. St. Paul & Sioux City RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- State v. Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1877
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