Lowell v. Washington County Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Retort. Bill in equity, beard on bill, answers and testimony. Tlie case appears in the opinion. Jurisdiction: — R. S., c. 77, § 6; 2 Dillon, Mun. Corp. §§ 916— 919 ; 1 Wood, R. R., 131; Adams, Eq. 212; Crampton v. Zabriskie, 101 U. S. 601; Fnglish v. Smock, 34 Ind. 36, (7 Am. Rep. 215). Municipal Aid: — 1 Dillon, Mun. Corp. § 153 ; 23 Am. & Eng. Ency. 396; Bucksport t.
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On Retort. Bill in equity, beard on bill, answers and testimony. Tlie case appears in the opinion. Jurisdiction: — R. S., c. 77, § 6; 2 Dillon, Mun. Corp. §§ 916— 919 ; 1 Wood, R. R., 131; Adams, Eq. 212; Crampton v. Zabriskie, 101 U. S. 601; Fnglish v. Smock, 34 Ind. 36, (7 Am. Rep. 215). Municipal Aid: — 1 Dillon, Mun. Corp. § 153 ; 23 Am. & Eng. Ency. 396; Bucksport t. Brewer, 67 Maine, 295; Daveiss County v. Dickinson, 117 U. S., 657-663, 665; People v. Smith, 75 N. Y. 772, 781. Second subscription of no effect: — State v. Kinnon, 7 Ohio St. 562; Sheboygan County v. I)arker,3 Wall. 93,…
1Opinion of the CourtStrout, J.
Fifteen tax payers, in the county of Washington, seek by this bill to restrain the county commissioners and county treasurer of Washington county from any further payment to the Washington County Railroad Company, upon the county’s subscription for 1500,000 of the preferred stock of the railroad company. The complainants claim upon several grounds that the county has been released from all liability.
*85The Washington County Railroad Company was incorporated by the legislature in 1893. Chap. 454 of special laws. The second section of the charter provided that “said corporation shall have the…
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