Town of Venice v. Murdock
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. This suit was brought upon certain bonds, each of which is as follows: — “State of New York, County of Cayuga: — “ Seven per cent loan, not exceeding $25,000. “Be it known that the town of Venice, in the county of Cayuga, and State of New York, in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the said State, entitled An Act to authorize any town in the county of Cayuga to borrow money for…
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. This suit was brought upon certain bonds, each of which is as follows: — “State of New York, County of Cayuga: — “ Seven per cent loan, not exceeding $25,000. “Be it known that the town of Venice, in the county of Cayuga, and State of New York, in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the said State, entitled An Act to authorize any town in the county of Cayuga to borrow money for aiding in the construction of a railroad or railroads from Lake Ontario to the New York and Erie or Cayuga and Susquehanna…
1Opinion of the Court · StrongJustice Strong
It would be worse than useless for us to discuss separately each of the twenty-two assignments of error filed in .this case; for the questions involved that are of any importance are very few in number. The leading one is, whether sufficient authority was shown at the trial for the issue of the town-bonds. The act of the legislature empowered the supervisor and the railroad commissioners of the town to borrow money, and to execute bonds therefor to an amount not exceeding $25,000. It directed that all moneys borrowed under its authority should be paid over to the president and directors of…
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