Bruce v. Pittsburg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Bills in equity Nos. 69, 73, July T., 1894. Bills to restrain defendant city from borrowing money, and from issuing bonds of indebtedness therefor. The facts appear b}^ the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Bills in equity Nos. 69, 73, July T., 1894. Bills to restrain defendant city from borrowing money, and from issuing bonds of indebtedness therefor. The facts appear b}^ the opinion of the Supreme Court. The ordinance authorizing the issue of bonds is as follows: “Section 1. That the city attorney shall prepare a suitable, form for the bonds hereby, and in accordance Avith the acts of assembly relating thereto, authorized to be issued, and submit the same to the finance committee, and when the same shall be approved, the said committee and city controller shall have the same engraved and…
1Opinion of the Court
BRUCE ET AL. V. PITTSBURG ET AL.
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
When Brooke v. City of Philadelphia, 162 Pa. 123, was called for argument at Philadelphia, on May 4, 1894, the parties to Succop v. City of Pittsburg, involving about the same issue as this, asked leave to submit their paper-books without oral argument, as if the questions at issue were the same. To this the Court consented. Apparently, both parties assumed the judgment in that case would end this, and the decree was accordingly prepared, to be handed down at Pittsburg, at October Term. We were then informed by counsel for complainant…
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