New Buffalo v. Iron Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the 'United States for the Western District of Michigan. The judgment below was for the amount due on .certain bonds, with interest coupons attached, issued by the township of New Buffalo, in the county of Berrien, and State of Michigan, plaintiff in error, under the authority of a general statute of 'that State, approved March 22, 1869, conferring power upon townships, cities, and villages to pledge their aid, by loan or donation, with, or…
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Error to the Circuit Court of the 'United States for the Western District of Michigan. The judgment below was for the amount due on .certain bonds, with interest coupons attached, issued by the township of New Buffalo, in the county of Berrien, and State of Michigan, plaintiff in error, under the authority of a general statute of 'that State, approved March 22, 1869, conferring power upon townships, cities, and villages to pledge their aid, by loan or donation, with, or without conditions,, to any railroad company organized under the laws óf that State, ill the construction of its road. Sess.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Haelan
1. On behalf of the plaintiff in error it is contended that, by the settled, law of Michigan as it existed when the bonds were issued, they were void. In support of that position we are referred to People v. Salem, 20 Mich. 452, decided May 26, 1870; Bay City v. State Treasurer, 23 id. 499; and Thomas v. Port Huron, 27 id. 320. This question was fully considered in Taylor v. Ypsilanti (supra, p. 60), where we ruled that by the law of Michigan, as expounded by Its Supreme Court,, and acted upon by its legislature and exécutive departments, prior to the decision in People v. Salem, bonds issued…
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- People ex rel. Detroit & Howell Railroad v. Township BoardMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
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