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SUPERVISORS v. KENNICOTT

103 U.S. 554 (____)

SUPERVISORS v. KENNICOTT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. C.C. Boggs for the plaintiff in error, and by Samuel J. Crooks for the defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The County of Wayne, Illinois, mortgaged its swamp and overflowed lands to secure an issue of bonds by the Mt. Vernon Railroad Company. The county was in no way bound for the payment of the debt. It simply mortgaged its lands for the benefit of the company. Default having been made in the payment of the bonds, a suit was begun in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois...

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