Legal Opinion

Board of Directors v. Collins

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided November 19, 1895No. 8060PublishedCited by 39 opinions

Appeal from the district court of Keith county. Heard below before Neville, J. Cooley, Constitutional Limitations [4th ed.], see. 117; Cooley, Taxation [1st ed.], 48; Harvard v. St. Clair & Monroe Levee & Drainage Co., 51 Ill., 130; Cypress Pond Draining Co. v. Hooper, 2 Met. [Ky.], 350; Bradley v. Fall-brook Irrigation District, 68 Fed.

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Appeal from the district court of Keith county. Heard below before Neville, J. Cooley, Constitutional Limitations [4th ed.], see. 117; Cooley, Taxation [1st ed.], 48; Harvard v. St. Clair & Monroe Levee & Drainage Co., 51 Ill., 130; Cypress Pond Draining Co. v. Hooper, 2 Met. [Ky.], 350; Bradley v. Fall-brook Irrigation District, 68 Fed. Rep., 948; Clother v. Maher, 15 Neb., 6; Larson v. Dickey, 39 Neb., 463. Olmstead v. Camp, 33 Conn., 532; Todd v. Austin, 34 Conn., 84; Gammell v. Potter, 6 la., 548; Venard v. Cross, 8 Kan., 260; Harding v. Funk, 8 Kan., 315; Holyoke v. Lyman, 15 Wall. [U.…

1Opinion of the CourtPost, J.

This was a proceeding by the appellee before the district court for Keith county under the provisions of section 59 et seq. of the act approved March 26, 1895, known as the “District Irrigation Law,” seeking a confirmation of steps resulting in the formation of the Alfalfa Irrigation District, and the issuance thereby of certain bonds intended to promote the general purposes of the act. The appellants, who are taxpayers within said district, filed an answer, to which more particular reference will hereafter be made, but which puts in issue substantially all the allegations of the petition. A…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Davidson v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Hagar v. Reclamation District No. 108Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. Spencer v. MerchantSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  4. Paulsen v. PortlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. Pearson v. YewdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1877

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. State ex rel. City of OmahaNebraska Supreme Court · 1896
  2. State ex rel. Douglas County v. CornellNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Interstate Trust Co. v. Montezuma Valley Irrigation DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1919
  4. State ex rel. Harris v. HansonNebraska Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Mix v. Board of County CommissionersIdaho Supreme Court · 1910

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