COOLEY v. O'CONNOR


79 U.S. 391 (____)

12 Wall. 391

COOLEY v. O'CONNOR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. W.W. Boyce and M.P. O'Connor, in support of the ruling below:

Mr. B.H. Bristow, Solicitor-General, and Mr. C.H. Hill, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

When the certificate of sale was given in evidence by the defendants below, the Circuit Court ruled it to be void, because it was signed by only two commissioners, and this decision of the court is now assigned for error. It is obvious that the ruling was hurtful to the defendants. Had the certificate been admitted it would, by force of the statute, have amounted to prima...

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