Tompkins v. Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway

Citations

• 125 U.S. 109
• 8 S. Ct. 762
• 31 L. Ed. 615
• 1888 U.S. LEXIS 1919

Syllabus

<p>The statute of the State of Arkansas of July 21, 1868, to aid in the con, struction of railroads, and the statute of that State of April 10, 1869, to provide for payment of interest, upon the bonds of the State issued in aid of such construction, created ño lien upon the property of a railroad company for whose benefit such state bonds were issued, in favor of the holder of the bonds, which, after a sale under foreclosure of a mortgage upon the property remained a lien upon it in the hands of the purchaser at the foreclosure sale.</p>