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GUNNISON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS v. ROLLINS

No. 178.

173 U.S. 255 (1899)

19 S.Ct. 390

43 L.Ed. 689

GUNNISON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, v. ROLLINS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1899.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. Edmund F. Richardson for Rollins. Mr. Harry Hubbard and Mr. John M. Dillon were on their brief.

Mr. Charles S. Thomas for Gunnison County Commissioners. Mr. Thomas C. Brown, Mr. W.H. Bryant and Mr. H.H. Lee were on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought by E.H. Rollins & Sons, a corporation of New Hampshire, to obtain a judgment against the Board of Commissioners of Gunnison County, Colorado, a municipal corporation of that State, for the amount of certain coupons of bonds issued by the defendant in 1882. At the close of the evidence the defendant requested a peremptory instruction in its behalf. The Circuit Court charged the jury...

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