Town of Alden v. Easton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. The town of Alden, the plaintiff-in error, one of the congressional townships of Freeborn county, in the state of Minnesota, on March 28, 1870, having been duly authorized by a majority of its qualified voters, issued its 15 certain bonds, of the denomination of $1,000 each, in aid of the construction of the Southern Minnesota Railroad, projected across the township.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. The town of Alden, the plaintiff-in error, one of the congressional townships of Freeborn county, in the state of Minnesota, on March 28, 1870, having been duly authorized by a majority of its qualified voters, issued its 15 certain bonds, of the denomination of $1,000 each, in aid of the construction of the Southern Minnesota Railroad, projected across the township. These bonds were payable, according to their tenor, on or before .30 years after date, and bore interest, represented by attached coupons, at the…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, District Judge
The General Statutes oí Minnesota of 1866, in force in 1870, when these bonds were issued, provide as follows:
Chapter xo, § 107:
“fso town has power to contract debts or make expenditures for any one year in a larger sum than the amount of taxes assessed for such year, without having been authorized by a majority of the voters of such township.
Chapter ix, § 78:
“There shall be levied, annually on each dollar of taxable property in this stale (other than such as by law is otherwise taxed) as valued and entered on the grand list of taxable property for the several purposes in this chapter…
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