County of Pandolph v. Post

Mr. S. M. Cullom, contra. By consent of the parties, this case was tried by the circuit judge without the intervention of a jury. It resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff below, for the amount of the coupons upon certain bonds issued by the county of Randolph and held by the plaintiff, thus establishing the validity of an issue by said county of bonds in aid of the Chester and Tamaroa Coal and Railway Company. The county, dissatisfied with this result, brings its appeal to this court, and rests its objections upon two principal grounds:–– 1. The first allegation of error is, that the issue of these bonds was forbidden by the constitution of the State of Illinois.