Nemaha County v. Frank

Citations

• 120 U.S. 41
• 7 S. Ct. 395
• 30 L. Ed. 584
• 1887 U.S. LEXIS 1936

Syllabus

<p>When the defendant in an action at law denies each and every allegation in the declaration, and piits'the plaintiff on his proof,'it is not error to order - stricken from the answer special defences,which maybe set up under ■ this general denial.</p> <p>It has been, settled, by this couj-t in Davenport v. Dodge County, 105 U. S. 237, and Blair v. Cuming County, 111 Ú. S. 363, that coupons like those sued on in this case are-.obligations of the.county, and that an action may be maintained against the county upon them.</p>