Treadway v. Schnauber
Supreme Court Of The Territory Of Dakota
Appeal from Yankton County District Court. It appears from the record that the members of the territorial legislature convened in regular session in the month of December, 1870, and remained in session for full forty days, the limit of time allowed by law.
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Appeal from Yankton County District Court. It appears from the record that the members of the territorial legislature convened in regular session in the month of December, 1870, and remained in session for full forty days, the limit of time allowed by law. And that subsequently, pursuant to a request therefor, made and issued by the 'then acting Governor of the Territory, the former members of said legislative body convened in a so-called extra session, and passed an act entitled “An act to enable organized counties and townships to vote aid to any railroad and to provide for the payment of…
1Opinion of the CourtBeNNett, J.
-The complainant in this action asks that the defendants, the treasurer of Yankton county and the county of Yankton and its agents, may be perpetually enjoined from collecting a certain tax levied to pay the interest on certain bonds, alleged to have been issued by the commissioners of said county to the Dakota Southern Railroad Company. To the complaint, defendants interpose a general demurrer, which was sustained by the court below, and plaintiff appeals. The questions presented by this appeal involve the validity and legality of the bonds, and the liability of the county of Yank-ton…
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