Some Recent Criticism of Gelpcke Versus Dubuque: Being the Sharswood Prize Essay for 1899, in the Department of Law, University of Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Some Recent Criticism of Gelpcke Versus Dubuque: Being the Sharswood Prize Essay for 1899, in the Department of Law, University of PennsylvaniaBy acts passed in 1847, 1851 and 1857, the legislature had authorized the City of Dubuque to issue certain bonds for the purpose of raising money to assist in the construction Of a railroad. These bonds, the acts declared, were legal and valid and neither the City Of Dubuque, nor any of the citizens shall ever be allowed to plead that the said bonds are invalid. These acts were duly passed upon by the Supreme Court of Iowa, which, during a period of six years and by seven different decisions, declared the said acts to be legal and binding.Thereafter certain of these bonds came for a valuable con sideration into the hands of the plaintiff.After this transaction the Supreme Court of Iowa declared the acts giving authority for the issuance of the bonds to be unconstitutional? This decision, obviously, overruled the seven previous decisions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.