Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Cass County
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri
Decided July 1, 1874No. Case No. 7,517PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DILLON, Circuit Judge.
The bonds under consideration were issued under the act of March 23, 1868, by the county court of. the county, in the name of the county, on behalf of the township. This act has been held constitutional by the supreme court of the state (State v. Linn County Court, 44 Mo. 505), and it is our opinion that the constitution of the state (article 11, § 14), which prohibits the legislature from authorizing any “county, city, or town” to subscribe to the stock of any railroad company, unless authorized by two-thirds of the qualified voters therein, does not prohibit the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Beardsley v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
3Cited by17 opinions
- County of Cass v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Meyer v. City and County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1907
- Irvine v. BossenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
- Cushman v. Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1915
- Mather v. City & County of San FranciscoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1902
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