Empire v. Darlington
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to-the Circuit Court of the United States for the. Southern District of Illinois. Under the provisions of an act of the legislature of Illinois, approved Feb. 28, 1867, and in conformity to the result of a popular election duly called, and held on the 3d of June, 1867, the township of Empire in McLean County, in that State, made a subscription of $50,000 to the capital stock of the Danville, Urbana, Bloomington, and Pekin Railroad Company, a corporation created under…
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Error to-the Circuit Court of the United States for the. Southern District of Illinois. Under the provisions of an act of the legislature of Illinois, approved Feb. 28, 1867, and in conformity to the result of a popular election duly called, and held on the 3d of June, 1867, the township of Empire in McLean County, in that State, made a subscription of $50,000 to the capital stock of the Danville, Urbana, Bloomington, and Pekin Railroad Company, a corporation created under the laws of Illinois. ' That company had by its charter power to locate, construct, and complete a railroad from Pekin,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
- The present action involves the validity of the bonds and the coupons thereto attached of the §25,000 issue, some of which are held by the defendant in error.
Their validity is assailed upon, several grounds, each of which will be briefly examined.
It is contended that the election held on the Bd of June, 1867, under the charter of the Danville, Urbana, Bloomington, and Pekin Railroad Company, whereby the subscription of §50,000 was made and bonds issued in payment thereof, exhausted the power of the township under that charter, and that any additional subscription was without authority of…
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