SHAPLEIGH v. SAN ANGELO

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

In January, 1889, the city of San Angelo was existing and acting as an organized municipal corporation, with a mayor, a board of aldermen and other functionaries. In pursuance of an ordinance of the city council in May, 1889, there were issued the bonds in question in this case. It was not denied that the proceedings were regular in form, that...