Beckwith v. Racine
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin
[In equity. Bill by. Charles Beckwith against the city of Racine, the town of Mt. Pleasant, and the town of Caledonia, and by Latham Cornell against the same, to recover on certain bonds of the town of Racine. [The town of Mt. Pleasant and the town of Caledonia subsequently appealed to the supreme court, which affirmed the decree in Mt. Pleasant v. Beckwith, 100 U. S. 514.]
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, Circuit Judge.
On the 2nd of April, 1853, the legislature of this state passed an act to authorize certain towns to aid in the construction of the Racine, Janesville and Mississippi Railroad. [Sess. Laws Wis. 1853, p. 11.]
By that act, the town of Racine was authorized to subscribe $50,000 to this railroad. The third section of the act declares, “that the board of supervisors of the towns whenever the same shall become necessary, shall annually levy a tax upon the taxable property of the town, sufficient to pay the interest upon the bonds, which may be issued as a part of the…
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- Mount Pleasant v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Commissioners of Laramie County v. COMMISSIONERS OF ALBANY COUNTYSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Barkley v. Levee CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Brewis v. City of DuluthU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1881
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- Meriwether v. GarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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