PURDY v. LANSING

No. 96.

128 U.S. 557 (1888)

PURDY v. LANSING.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1888.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James R. Cox for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Francis Kernan for defendant in error; Mr. H.V. Howland was with him on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action upon certain bonds, with interest coupons attached, issued in the name of the town of Lansing, in the county of Tompkins, New York, to the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad Company, a corporation created by the laws of that State. The parties consenting thereto in writing, the case was tried by the court without a jury, and upon the special facts...

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