PROVIDENT TRUST CO. v. MERCER COUNTY


170 U.S. 593 (1898)

PROVIDENT LIFE & TRUST COMPANY v. MERCER COUNTY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 23, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas W. Bullitt and Mr. Samuel Dickson for the Provident Life and Trust Company.

Mr. John B. Thompson and Mr. Alexander Pope Humphrey for Mercer County. Mr. George M. Davie was on their brief.


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

No one can read the facts above stated, as found by the Circuit Court, without being impressed that the transactions between the county and the company, culminating in the delivery of the bonds to the latter, were had in the utmost good faith. There was no misrepresentation, concealment or fraud. The work done by the company in constructing the railroad was obvious and satisfactory. The...

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