Findlay v. McAllister
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO. THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR. THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. The plaintiff in error was 'the plaintiff in the Circuit Court.
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IN ERROR TO. THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR. THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. The plaintiff in error was 'the plaintiff in the Circuit Court. He brought his suit against Thomas McAllister and fourteen other defendants to recover damages upon a cause of action, which was stated in his petition substantially as follows: The plaintiff, being the holder and owner of certain bonds issued by the County of Scotland, in the State of Missouri, and of certain interest coupons detached- therefrom, recovered; on September 25,1877, in the same Circuit Court in which the present action was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
He recited the facts in the foregoing language, and continued:
The facts stated in the petition are admitted by the demurrer, and, for the present consideration of the case, must be taken as true. The statutes of Missouri, which were in force when the bonds mentioned in the petition were issued, and which still remain in force, provide as follows: There shall- be a collector of revenue for every county, who shall give bond conditioned that he will faithfully and punctually collect and pay over all State, county and other revenue for the two years next ensuing the first day of March thereafter.…
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