MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.
The judgment sought to be reviewed by this writ of error was rendered upon coupons attached to municipal bonds purporting to be issued by the plaintiff in error. The cause was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury, and the facts appear in a bill of exceptions. Each bond of the issue bears date Sept. 20, 1870, and contains a recital that it "is issued under and pursuant to orders of the board...
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