Board of Commissioners v. Montgomery

The appellee filed a petition before the board of commissioners of Knox county, alleging that at the March session, 1.883, of that body, a petition of more that twenty-five freeholders of Vincennes township was presented, praying that an appropriation of $90,000 be made to aid the Vincennes and Ohio River Railroad Company in the construction of its road; that at an election held according to law, the voters of the township voted in favor of making the •appropriation; that at the June session, 1883, the election returns were canvassed, and it was adjudged by the board that •a majority of the…