165 Ind. 224 | Ind. | 1905
This action was brought by appellant against appellee to recover upon fifteen unpaid interest coupons on certain bonds alleged to have been issued by appellee, a municipal corporation, for the extension of its water-works system.- Appellee answered in two paragraphs. The first was a general denial. In the second, facts were alleged
The assignment of errors calls in question the action of the court in sustaining the demurrer to said reply.
Appellee insists (1) that no recitals or representations in bonds issued by a municipal corporation in violation of §1, article 13, of the Constitution can estop such corporation from alleging and proving that the same were issued in violation of said provision of the' Constitution and were therefore void; (2) that, even if a municipal corporation could be so estopped, the facts alleged in the reply are not sufficient, for the reason that an essential element of estoppel is lacking—that of ignorance of the truth of the matters alleged in estoppel. 1 Woollen, Trial Proc., §§1842-1844.
Judgment affirmed.