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 2T§ FEDERAL REPORTER. �of liability, namely, $5,000, and interest. The deeree can pro- vide for a sale of the life estate as a seourity for the debt, unaffected by anything that bas transpired between its owner and oomplainaut, and suitable pronsion can be made toucb- ing the Personal liability of the defendant Scammon for any defieiency. Further, the, same deeree can direct a sale of the interest of the other mortgagors to pay so much of the debt as is in excess of the $15,000 realized from the insurance. �To the estent indicated the exceptions to the master's re- port wili be eustained, and deeree in conformity to this opin- ion. ���POETSMOUTH SaVINOS BaNK V. CiTT OP BpBINGPIEIiD, �(Circuit Court, S. D. Illinois., 1880.) �L Municipal Bonds— QuEstioNs as to Validitt.— AU questions ot doubt in reiation to the validity of municipal bonds should be answered lu favor of their legality, where the city has repeatedly recognlzed the validity of such bonds, and has paid interest on them for a series of yeSrs. ���-, for plaintiff. -, for defendant' ���Deummond, C. J. Ali questions of doubt in relation to tha validity of these bonds should be answered in favôr of their legality, beeause the city has recognized their validity repeat- edly, and has paid the interest on them for a series of years. Therefore, under such cireumstances as these, it should appear beyond ail doubt that the issue of the bonds was void. �First, as to the state-house bonds : By the act of February 25, 1867, the govemor was authorized to convey to the county of Sangamon and to the city of Springfield, for the use of the county and city, a piece of land known as the public square, upon which was located the state bouse, for the sum of $200,- 000, and for the further consideration that the city and county should cause to be conveyed to the state a certain parcel of ground which was described. The law authorized the county of Sangamon and the city of Springfield to issue such bonds ����