Norton v. Dyersburg
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. The court stated the case as follows: This is an action at law, brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the "Western District of Tennessee, by Extein Norton, a citizen of New York, against the mayor and aldermen of the .town of Dyersburg, a municipal corporation created by the State of Tennessee, to recover sundry sums of money, as due for the principal of 36 bonds, for $500…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. The court stated the case as follows: This is an action at law, brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the "Western District of Tennessee, by Extein Norton, a citizen of New York, against the mayor and aldermen of the .town of Dyersburg, a municipal corporation created by the State of Tennessee, to recover sundry sums of money, as due for the principal of 36 bonds, for $500 each, and 58 bonds for $250 each, and 62 bonds for $100 each, all due May 10, 1883, and on sundry coupons cut from such…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchforu
It is insisted by the plaintiff in error that there was express legislative authority for the issue of these bonds. The first statute relied' on is the • act of the legislature of Tennessee, approved January 23, 1871, chapter 50 of the acts of 1870-71, entitled “An Act to Enforce Article 2, Section 29, of the Constitution, to Authorize the several Counties and Incorporated Towns in this State to Impose Taxes for County and Corporation Purposes.” This statute has been fully considered by us in the case of Kelley v. Town of Milan, just decided, and shown to have conferred no such authority.
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