MERRILL v. MONTICELLO

No. 125.

138 U.S. 673 (1891)

MERRILL v. MONTICELLO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Addison C. Harris for plaintiff in error.

Mr. David Turpie and Mr. William E. Uhl for defendant in error.


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

The decisive question presented by the record in this case is, did the town of Monticello have authority, under the laws of Indiana, to issue for sale in open market negotiable securities in the forms of the bonds and coupons on which recovery is here sought? Chancellor Kent, in his Commentaries, vol. 2, 298, 299, referring to...

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