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GRAVES v. SALINE COUNTY

No. 510.

161 U.S. 359 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 526

40 L.Ed. 732

GRAVES, v. SALINE COUNTY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George A. Sanders and Mr. William R. Bowers for Graves, appellant.

Mr. Thomas C. Mather, Mr. James A. Connolly, and Mr. John C. Mathis, for Wesson and others, appellants.

Mr. Samuel P. Wheeler and Mr. W.H. Boyer for appellee.

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

Under the authority of certain acts of the general assembly of the State of Illinois, and in pursuance of an election duly ordered and held according to law, and in payment of a subscription to stock in the St. Louis and Southeastern Railway Company, the county of Saline issued bonds to the amount of $25,000, bearing interest at the rate of eight per cent, to the said railway company,...

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