Forsyth v. City of Hammond
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. The hiil in this case was brought by Caroline M. Forsyth, a citizen of Illinois, against the city of Hammond, Xnd., and William Kleihege, treasurer of that city, to enjoin the collection of taxes levied upon lands of the complainant for the use of the city, and, after hearing and denial of a motion for an Injunction pendente lite, was dismissed for want of equity.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. The hiil in this case was brought by Caroline M. Forsyth, a citizen of Illinois, against the city of Hammond, Xnd., and William Kleihege, treasurer of that city, to enjoin the collection of taxes levied upon lands of the complainant for the use of the city, and, after hearing and denial of a motion for an Injunction pendente lite, was dismissed for want of equity. Forsyth v. City of Hammond, 68 Fed. 774. The substance of the bill is: That the complainant is the owner of lands described, in Lake county, Ind., to…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, Circuit Judge
The authorities cited in support of the proposition that the power to establish municipal corporations, and to enlarge or contract their boundaries, is legislative, are numerous and conclusive: Dill. Mun. Corp. § 9; 1 Beach, Pub. Corp. § 80; Cooley, Const. Lim. (4th Ed.) 282; Stone v. Charlestown, 114 Mass. 220; People v. Bennett, 29 Mich. 451; Galesburg v. Hawkinson, 75 Ill. 152; People v. Town of Nevada, 6 Cal. 143; Stilz v. Indianapolis, 55 Ind. 515; Coffin v. State, 7 Ind. 157; Sloan v. State, 8 Blackf. 361; Laramie Co. v. Albany Co., 92 U. S. 310; Meriwether v. Garrett, 102 U. S. 472.…
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