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Barnum v. Okolona

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Barnum v. Okolona
by George Shiras, Jr.
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United States Supreme Court

148 U.S. 393

Barnum  v.  Okolona

Action of debt by Frank D. Barnum against the town of Okolona to recover upon certain municipal bonds issued in aid of the Grenada, Houston & Eastern Railroad Company. The court sustained a demurrer to the declaration, and plaintiff brings error. Affirmed.

Statement by Mr. Justice SHIRAS:

E. H. Bristow and W. B. Walker, for plaintiff in error.

R. O. Reynolds, W. T. Houston, Thos. J. Buchanan, Jr., and D. W. Houston, for defendant in error.

Mr. Justice SHIRAS, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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