McMURRAY v. MORAN

No. 193.

134 U.S. 150 (1890)

10 S.Ct. 427

33 L.Ed. 814

McMURRAY, v. MORAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1890.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Horatio C. King for appellants. Mr. W.E.F. Deal was on their brief.

Mr. Wheeler H. Peckham for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the above facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

It appears satisfactorily from the evidence that when appellees purchased the 310 bonds from Moore, the latter had contracts with the railroad company, by which it was restricted in issuing bonds to $10,000, par value, for each mile of completed road. It was that feature of the several contracts between the company and Moore that gave value, in the commercial world, to the bonds...

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