Legal Opinion
Connett v. City of Jerseyville
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 9, 1940No. 6923PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TREANOR, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant is a municipal corporation of the state of Illinois and several years ago became the owner of its water system by virtue of an Illinois statute enacted in 1899. The legislative act authorized a city to acquire a water system and to pay for the same by issuance of certificates of indebtedness. The city was authorized to mortgage the water system to secure payment of the water certificates and to include in the mortgage “such provisions and conditions as are reasonably necessary to fully secure the payment of said water certificates.” The defendant…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Messenger v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Pusey & Jones Co. v. HanssenSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Springfield Gas & Electric Co. v. City of SpringfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
- Southern Railway Co. v. CliftSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Central Kentucky Natural Gas Co. v. Railroad Commission of KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,030 Henry T. Sanders v. John Nuveen & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Kenneth Lehrman v. Gulf Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Elmer Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Bowles v. WilkeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
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