Canaan v. Enfield Village Fire District
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, for taxes assessed against the defendants. Transferred from the November term, 1905, of the superior court by Chamberlin, J., upon an agreed statement of facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The Enfield Village Fire District is a public corporation created by the legislature for the promotion of the public welfare. It was organized in 1873 under the general law then in force authorizing its creation (G. S., c. 97), and it thereby became a body politic and was invested with certain limited governmental powers. Its essential character as a governmental agency, as contradistinguished from a private corporation, is as apparent as though the territory and the inhabitants of which it is composed had been specially designated by the legislature as a town. While its territorial…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Van Brocklin v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Yale University v. Town of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Turner v. Revere Water Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Town of West Hartford v. Board of Water CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
- Boody v. WatsonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1886
20 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by25 opinions
- White v. LeeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1983
- City & County of San Francisco v. McGovernCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1915
- Village of Hardwick v. Town of WolcottSupreme Court of Vermont · 1925
- Appeal of ReidSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1998
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1924
20 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.