45 Neb. 199 | Neb. | 1895
The appellants, by their petition filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of Holt county, sought to enjoin the collection from themselves of certain taxes levied to pay upon the interest and a part of the principal of certain bonds issued for Gratton township, in Holt county, by the authorities of said county. These bonds, thirty-six in number, for $1,000 each, were issued August 1, 1890, to the Nebraska & Western Railway Company, or bearer. The facts upon which the cause was determined in favor of the appellees were agreed upon and stated in a written stipulation signed by both plaintiffs and defendants. There seems to be some reliance by appellees upon the conceded fact that before the maturity of the first coupon which fell due these bonds were sold and transferred by the
Reversed.