Portland & Oxford Central Railroad v. Inhabitants of Hartford
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Petition for mandamus. The petitioners alleged, substantially,— That at a legal meeting of the inhabitants of Hartford, held Sept. 12, 1868, under Public Laws of 1867, c. 119, two-thirds of the legal voters present and voting, voted, “ That the town loan its credit to the Portland & Oxford Railroad Company, for the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars, to aid in the extension of said road from Hartford Center to Canton Mills, said loan to be issued to said company, in…
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Petition for mandamus. The petitioners alleged, substantially,— That at a legal meeting of the inhabitants of Hartford, held Sept. 12, 1868, under Public Laws of 1867, c. 119, two-thirds of the legal voters present and voting, voted, “ That the town loan its credit to the Portland & Oxford Railroad Company, for the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars, to aid in the extension of said road from Hartford Center to Canton Mills, said loan to be issued to said company, in interest-bearing bonds, payable in twenty years, the interest to be paid annually at any national bank in Portland, in…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
By the Public Laws of 1867, c. 119, any city or town was authorized to raise money to aid in the construction of any railroad in this State, “provided that two-thirds of the legal voters present, and voting at such meeting, shall vote therefor.”
The inhabitants of Hartford, at a regular town meeting, duly held on 12th Sept., 1868, by the vote of two-thirds of the legal voters, present and voting, voted, “ That the town loan its credit to the Portland & Oxford Central Railroad Company for the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars, to aid in the extension of said road from Hartford Center to…
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