Legal Opinion

Demaree v. Johnson

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided April 7, 1898No. 18,193PublishedCited by 17 opinions

From the Johnson Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtHoward, C. J.

The questions discussed on this appeal relate to the voting by a township of aid to a railroad, under provisions of section 5340, Burns’ R. S. 1894 (4045, R. S. 1881), and following sections. .

The board of commissioners of Johnson county, over the remonstrance of appellants, found that on December 21, 1894, the voters of Pleasant township, in said county, at an election duly held for that purpose, decided, by a majority of 53 votes,, that a tax of $34,000.00 should be levied in said township in aid of the construction of the Indianapolis, Greenwood and Franklin railroad. Thereupon the board…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Garrigus v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Tucker v. SellersIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Crumley v. HickmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Irwin v. LoweIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
  5. Miles v. RayIndiana Supreme Court · 1885

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Town of Grove v. Haskell, GovernorSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
  2. Marsden v. HarlockerOregon Supreme Court · 1906
  3. State ex rel. Western Construction Co. v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
  4. In Re East Bay Etc. Water Bonds of 1925California Supreme Court · 1925
  5. Weisgerber v. Nez Perce CountyIdaho Supreme Court · 1921

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