BESSEMER INV. CO. v. CITY OF CHESTER

Nos. 6927, Nos. 6917-6926, No. 6928.

113 F.2d 571 (1940)

BESSEMER INV. CO. v. CITY OF CHESTER and eleven other cases.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

June 18, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Clark, Jr., Carroll Wetzel and Dechert, Smith & Clark, all of Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs-appellants and plaintiffs-appellees on cross-appeals.

George F. Baer Appel, of Philadelphia, Pa., A. A. Cochran and J. DeH. Ledward, both of Chester, Pa., and Townsend, Elliott & Munson, of Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant-appellant and defendant-appellee on cross-appeals.

Before BIGGS, CLARK, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

It is impossible to speak of "the facts" at bar with anything approaching sufficient emphasis on the plural number. There are six cases and twelve appeals. Seventy-four serial issues of street improvement bonds are in suit. Their respective dates of issuance by the defendant city range from 1923 to 1933. Each issue is payable within ten years from a special fund — the proceeds of a corresponding special paving assessment. The assessment...

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