Finlayson v. Vaughn
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, David M. Finlayson, from a judgment of the District Court of Ramsey County, Tlascal R. Brill, J., entered September 21, 1892, denying the relief he asked. The defendant, John D. Vaughn, was County Treasurer of Pine County in 1892. The Kettle River Railroad Company made a definite proposition in writing to the Town of Hinckley in that county for aid in building its road.
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Appeal by plaintiff, David M. Finlayson, from a judgment of the District Court of Ramsey County, Tlascal R. Brill, J., entered September 21, 1892, denying the relief he asked. The defendant, John D. Vaughn, was County Treasurer of Pine County in 1892. The Kettle River Railroad Company made a definite proposition in writing to the Town of Hinckley in that county for aid in building its road. This proposition and a statement .in favor of calling an election having been filed with the Town Clerk, he issued notice of election, which was held September 28, 1886, and at the election all the votes…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The township of Hinckley, in the county of Pine, in the year 1886 issued certain bonds in aid of the Kettle River Railroad Company. These bonds, $12,000 in amount, were issued in pursuance of Laws 1877, ch. 106, as amended in Laws 1878, chs. 45, 46; and all the proceedings leading to the issuance thereof are found by the court to have been regular, and in conformity with the statute. It is, however, insisted by the plaintiff that the amount issued, together with the coupons, was in excess of five per cent, of the assessed valuation of the property of the town. Conceding that the plaintiff is…
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