Brown v. Concord
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
From Merrimack Circuit Court. Bill in equity, filed by John S. Brown and six others, residents of Concord, having taxable property outside the limits of the water precinct in said city, against the city of Concord, and Samuel 0. Eastman, its treasurer, and William H. Allison, its collector, praying that the defendants be restrained from collecting and from paying out of the treasury of said city certain taxes claimed to have been illegally assessed.
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From Merrimack Circuit Court. Bill in equity, filed by John S. Brown and six others, residents of Concord, having taxable property outside the limits of the water precinct in said city, against the city of Concord, and Samuel 0. Eastman, its treasurer, and William H. Allison, its collector, praying that the defendants be restrained from collecting and from paying out of the treasury of said city certain taxes claimed to have been illegally assessed. The cause was submitted upon bill and answer. The facts material to be considered sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
FROM MERRIMACK CIRCUIT COURT. By the act of 1871, ch. 69, the city of Concord was empowered to construct, manage, and maintain suitable water-works in said city, for the purpose of introducing and distributing through the more compact parts of said city an adequate supply of water, for extinguishing fires, and for the use of its citizens, and for other purposes. By section 6 of the act, the city was authorized to borrow such sums of money on the credit of the city as might from time to time be decreed advisable, for the purpose of defraying the expense of constructing, maintaining, and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ainsworth v. DeanSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1850
- Brown v. MarshSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1850
3Cited by4 opinions
- Rhobidas v. ConcordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1899
- Perley v. DolloffSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1881
- Rowe v. HamptonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1910
- Berlin Taxpayers Ass'n v. Mayor of BerlinSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1934