Samuel Blatchford

“ Although the plaintiff in error was held liable by the state court by virtue of the act of 1881, that did not raise a federal question, because the liability was one assumed voluntarily by the plaintiff in error. The liability of the Plainview Company must first be established, before the act of 1881 can have any effect. The supreme court of Minnesota held the bonds invalid by reasons of provisions in the constitution of the state which were in force at the time of the passage of the act of 1877, and it did not hold them invalid by reason of the act of 1881. ”

“ Missouri, 124 U.S. 394. 8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 443; French v. Hopkins, 124 U.S. 524, 8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 589: Chappell v. Bradshaw, 128 U.S. 132, 9 Sup. Ct. Rep. 40; Clark v. Pennsylvania, 128 U.S. 395, 9 Sup. Ct. Rep. ”