Scotland County v. Hill

Citations

• 112 U.S. 183
• 5 S. Ct. 93
• 28 L. Ed. 692
• 1884 U.S. LEXIS 1867

Syllabus

<p>The judgment of a State court in Missouri adverse to the validity of bonds issued by á county in th..t State in payment of the subscription to stock in a railroad company, which judgment was made in a suit brought by citizens and tax-payers against county officers in order to enjoin the issue of the bonds, and to have them 'declared invalid, is a binding adjudication in a suit against the county by a holder of the bonds who took with notice of the pendency of the suit. The fact that this court, in another case, on a diferent state of facts held the issue to be valid does not affect this result.</p> <p>An offer of proof being made and rejected, and exceptions duly taken, the appellate court must, in the absence of an indication in the record of bad faith in the offer, assume that the proof could have been made if'allowed;</p>