KATZENBERGER v. ABERDEEN


121 U.S. 172 (1887)

KATZENBERGER v. ABERDEEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 4, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Calvin Perkins for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Baxter McFarland and Mr. E.O. Sykes for defendant in error.


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

This is a suit brought against the city of Aberdeen, on the 14th of September, 1882, to recover the interest from May 1, 1874, to May 1, 1882, on 156 bonds of the city issued to the Memphis, Holly Springs, Okolona and Selma Railroad Company, under date of April 26, 1870. The alleged authority for the issue of the bonds is an amendment to the charter of the city in November, 1858, Laws of Mississippi, 1858...

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