Brashear v. City of Madison
Indiana Supreme Court
Erom the Jefferson Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtHoward, C. J.
In the complaint in this case the appellants, citizens and taxpayers of the city of Madison, alleged that the common council of said city had entered into a contract with the G-amewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company for the erection and location of a fire alarm system in said city, for which, on approval, the city was to pay $5,000. It was further alleged that the city was already indebted far beyond the limits fixed by the constitution, being two per centum of the value of the taxable property within said corporation, and hence had no power to incur such additional obligation.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Law v. People ex rel. HuckIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
- Grant v. City of DavenportSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- City of Valparaiso v. GardnerIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- City of Springfield v. EdwardsIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus & Indianapolis Railway Co. v. HarringtonIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Crick v. RashCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921
- City of Laporte v. Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1896
- In re State to Issue Bonds to Fund IndebtednessSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Meyer v. Town of BoonvilleIndiana Supreme Court · 1904
- Fesler v. BraytonIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
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