CONCORD v. ROBINSON


121 U.S. 165 (1887)

CONCORD v. ROBINSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 4, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Decker for plaintiff in error. Mr. Lewis H. Bisbee and Mr. John P. Ahrens were with him on the brief.

Mr. George A. Sanders for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action upon negotiable coupon bonds signed by the supervisor and clerk of the town of Concord, a municipal corporation existing under the township organization law of Illinois. They were executed in 1871. Each bond purports, upon its face, to have been "issued under and by virtue of a law of the State of Illinois to authorize cities, towns or townships within certain limits to appropriate moneys and...

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