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McKie v. Rose

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island

Decided August 18, 1905No. 2,729PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Petition for Writ of Mandamus.

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, District Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to the town treasurer and other officers of the town of New Shoreham requiring them to take proper steps to call a town meeting for the ordering of a tax sufficient for the payment of a judgment against the town treasurer, in accordance with Gen. Laws R. I. 1896, c. 36, § 13. The answer of Rose, town treasurer, alleges that the judgment was rendered for a portion of the cost of a steamboat and its fittings, and refers to chapter 770, p. 71, Pub. Laws R. I. 1900-01, passed April 26, 1900, entitled “An act to authorize the town of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mobile v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Ralls County Court v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  3. Labette County Commissioners v. United States Ex Rel. MoultonSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. East St. Louis v. AmySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  5. Scotland County Court v. United States Ex Rel. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Switz v. Middletown Tp.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1956

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