Ashton v. Cameron County Water Improvement Dist. No. One
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the Court 1
298 U.S. 513 (1936)
ASHTON ET AL.
v.
CAMERON COUNTY WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. ONE.
No. 859.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued April 29, 1936.
Decided May 25, 1936.
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.
Mr. Palmer Hutcheson, with whom Messrs. J.W. Terry and W.P. Hamblen were on the brief, for petitioners.
Messrs. David M. Wood and W.B. Lewis for respondent.
2Opinion of the Court · McREYNOLDSJustice McREYNOLDS
Respondent, a water improvement district embracing 43,000 acres in Cameron County, Texas, was organized in 1914 under the laws of that State. Claiming to be insolvent and unable to meet its debts as they matured,…
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