BOLLES v. BRIMFIELD


120 U.S. 759 (1887)

BOLLES v. BRIMFIELD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 7, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas S. McClelland and Mr. George A. Sanders for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Henry B. Hopkins and Mr. William W. Hammond for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

In Anderson v. Santa Anna, 116 U.S. 356, 364, we had occasion to consider the validity of so much of the act of the legislature of Illinois of February 28, 1867, in reference to municipal subscriptions to the stock of the Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad Company, as declared that where elections had been held, and a majority of the legal voters of any...

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