Court Opinion

ID: 9417400
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 20:14:01.834057+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:21:41.873399
License: Public Domain

MR. Justice HarlaN,
dissenting.
I am of opinion, that while the object of the statutes in question was to protect- the State against liability, they were, also, designed to create a lien for the payment of the bonds themselves, by whomsoever held. That lien, so far as the holders of bonds were concerned, could not be discharged, except by payment of the interest and principal, according to the terms of the bonds, and in the mode prescribed by the statute under which they were issued. For these reasons, I am compelled to withhold my assent to the opinion and judgment.
Mr. Justice Matthews and Mr. Justice Blatchford took no part in these decisions.