Essex County Railroad v. Selectmen & Treasurer
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition for Mandamus to compel the petitionees to make, sign, issue, and deliver to the petitioner, notes or bonds of the town of Lunenburgh, to the amount of §50,000, in payment for stock to that amount in the petitioner’s railroad, subscribed for by said town, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature, passed at a special session held in March, 1867, authorizing and empowering said town to make such subscription in aid of the construction of said road,tand specifying the…
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Petition for Mandamus to compel the petitionees to make, sign, issue, and deliver to the petitioner, notes or bonds of the town of Lunenburgh, to the amount of §50,000, in payment for stock to that amount in the petitioner’s railroad, subscribed for by said town, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature, passed at a special session held in March, 1867, authorizing and empowering said town to make such subscription in aid of the construction of said road,tand specifying the manner, conditions, and preliminary proceedings in and under which said subscription should be made in order to be…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, C. J.
This is a petition for a mandamus to be issued by this court, commanding the said selectmen and treasurer to make, sign, and issue notes or bonds of the town of Lunenburgh, to the amount of fifty thousand dollars, to be delivered to the petitioner in payment of stock to that amount in the petitioner’s road, subscribed for by the said town of Lunenburgh, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature of this state, passed at a special session thereof held in March, 1867, authorizing and empowering said town so to do, in aid of the…
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