CITY OF LEXINGTON v. BUTLER


81 U.S. 282 (1871)

14 Wall. 282

CITY OF LEXINGTON v. BUTLER.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.F. Fisk, for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.W. Stevenson, contra.


Mr. Justice CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

Subscription to the stock of the Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad Company was made by the corporation defendants to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and on the fifteenth of October, 1853, they, as the municipal corporation of Lexington, issued one hundred and fifty bonds, each for one thousand dollars, sealed with the corporate seal and signed by...

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