Samuel Blatchford

“ In the present case there does not appear to be any ground for contending that this court has no jurisdiction, yet we are entirely satisfied that the reasons assigned for taking the writ of error are frivolous, and that it was taken for delay only. The principal of the bonds is payable to bearer as well as the interest. ”

“ Trader
Wilbur F. Trader recovered a judgment in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kansas against the city of Chanute, on the 4th of December, 1885, for $7,702.12, damages and costs, on certain bonds and coupons issued July 1, 1872, by the city of Tioga. Each bond stated that the city of Tioga was 'indebted to the Tioga Flouring-Mill Company in the sum of five hundred dollars, lawful money of the United States, with interest from the date hereof, at the rate of ten per cent. ”