Chilton v. Town of Gratton
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska
This is an action to recover upon interest coupons due on certain railroad bonds issued by the defendant township and owned by plaintiff, Henry P. Chilton. The material facts are, in substance, as follows: The defendant township is one of the subdivisions of Holt county, Nob., said county having adopted township organization in the year 1887, under the provisions of the statute providing therefor.
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This is an action to recover upon interest coupons due on certain railroad bonds issued by the defendant township and owned by plaintiff, Henry P. Chilton. The material facts are, in substance, as follows: The defendant township is one of the subdivisions of Holt county, Nob., said county having adopted township organization in the year 1887, under the provisions of the statute providing therefor. In the year 1885, one of the political subdivisions of the county was Center precinct, tvhich embraced, with other territory, that which comprises Gratton township. In the year 1885 said Center…
1Opinion of the CourtHunger, District Judge
(after stating the foregoing facts). The sections of the statute under which the bonds in question were issued, and material in the consideration of this case, are as follows (sections 14,15, c. 45, p. 696, Comp. St. 1897):
“3518. Section 14. (Election.) Any precinct, townsilip or village (less than a city of the second class) organized according to law, is hereby authorized to issue bonds in aid of works of internal improvement, highways, bridges, railroads, court house, jails in any part of the county, and the drainage of swamps and wet lands, to an extent not exceeding ten per cent, of the…
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