State v. Village of Bradford
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was a motion by the State’s attorney for Orange County, for leave to file an information, praying for a writ of quo warranto against the defendants, the corporation of the village of Bradford, and sundry individuals who claimed to act as officers of such corporation.
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This was a motion by the State’s attorney for Orange County, for leave to file an information, praying for a writ of quo warranto against the defendants, the corporation of the village of Bradford, and sundry individuals who claimed to act as officers of such corporation. The information alleged in substance that the Legislature of this State, in 1858, granted a charter to the citizens of the village of Bradford,* by which it was provided that a meeting of the legal voters of that village be held on the first Wednesday of January, 1859, to see if they would accept and approve such charter,…
1Opinion of the Court
Redeield, Cm JV
This is a motion and summons against the defendants, wherein the State’s attorney, as the representative of the sovereignty of the State, asks leave to file an information against the nominal and de facto corporation of the village Of Bradford,- for having usurped the prerogatives and franchises of a municipal corporation within the State, without the grant or *53¡permission of the State; and against the other defendants for having unlawfully and without proper warrant, presumed to hold and exercise the offices of such usurping corporation.
The corporation make no answer or defence…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. Boston, Concord & Montreal RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1853
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