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EAST ST. LOUIS v. AMY

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120 U.S. 600 (1887)

7 S.Ct. 739

30 L.Ed. 798

EAST ST. LOUIS, v. AMY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 14, 1887.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Wait Thomas for plaintiff in error.

Mr. George A. Sanders for defendants in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a proceeding by mandamus to require the mayor and council of the city of East St. Louis to levy a tax to pay a judgment against the city for $36,495.28 rendered by the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois, in favor of H. Amy & Co. on the 22d of August, 1885. The facts are as follows:

By the charter of the city, which went into effect March 26, 1869,...

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