Town of Fletcher v. Hickman
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; Robert E. Lewis, Judge. Action by Samuel G. Hickman against the Town of Fletcher. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The controversy between the parties to this action has narrowed to the single question whether or not by the prior adjudications of the question whether or not ordinance No. 10 of the town of Fletcher was published as provided by law the town is estopped from asserting that it was not so published, for the purpose of defeating a recovery on its three bonds for $1,000 each, numbered 89, 97, and 98, which were part of the ISO bonds which it issued under that ordinance on July 1, 1891, for the purpose of raising money to buy waterworks. The statute of Colorado (section…
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