SEIBERT v. LEWIS


122 U.S. 284 (1887)

SEIBERT v. LEWIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D.A. McKnight for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.B. Henderson and Mr. James M. Lewis for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is conceded that the relator's judgment, which he is now seeking to collect, was founded upon municipal obligations of Cape Girardeau County, issued under the authority of an act to facilitate the construction of railroads in the state of Missouri, which took effect March 23, 1868. Missouri Laws of 1868, p. 92. The second...

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