Hubbert v. Campbellsville Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. On March 18, 1878, the general assembly of Kentucky passed an act, vol. 1, p. 554, c. 483, authorizing the county of Taylor to compromise its- debts and issue new bonds of the county not exceeding in amount $125,000, and also authorizing the Circuit Court, in case of a judgment on any of such bonds and a .refusal by the county within thirty days to levy a tax sufficient to pay it, to make an order based on the…
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. On March 18, 1878, the general assembly of Kentucky passed an act, vol. 1, p. 554, c. 483, authorizing the county of Taylor to compromise its- debts and issue new bonds of the county not exceeding in amount $125,000, and also authorizing the Circuit Court, in case of a judgment on any of such bonds and a .refusal by the county within thirty days to levy a tax sufficient to pay it, to make an order based on the last previous assessment levying a tax and appointing a collector.- On February 27, 1882, an amendatory act was passed…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
Conceding, without deciding, that both acts of the general assembly of Kentucky -were in all respects constitutional and valid, and that the proceedings of the Circuit Court were in strict compliance therewith, we notice only the single question of the effect of the omission from the bonds of the stipulation required by section 10, as well as of any reference to the amen-datory act, and are of opinion that the omission is fatal to the special relief provided for in that act.-
There is nothing, in the nature of things nor in the terms of the two acts which prevents the parties, the-county and…
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