United States v. New Orleans

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1879-03-31

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Mk. Justice Field, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. The judge of the Circuit Court accompanied the judgment with an opinion giving the reasons of his decision, which were substantially those stated in the answer of the city: that the statute authorizing the issue of the bonds, upon which the judgments were recovered, made no provisio…

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