Legal Opinion

Stone v. Winn

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 26, 1915PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Appeal from Estill Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Miller

Reversing.

This suit was brought by the fifteen appellees, as taxpayers of Estill County, to enjoin the fiscal court of that county from levying a tax to pay the principal or the interest on fifty bonds of the aggregate face value of $50,000.00, issued by Estill County in 1888 to the Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine & Beattyville Railroad Company, upon the ground that the charter provisions of the railroad company had not been complied with, and that the election which authorized the bonds had been carried by fraud.

The action was brought by the…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. New Orleans v. Citizens' BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  3. Dowell v. ApplegateSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Alabama Midland Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
  5. Ex Parte HardingSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Black v. Elkhorn Coal CorporationCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
  2. Howard-Sevier Road Improvement District No. 1 v. HuntSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1924
  3. Cassidy v. BerkovitzCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Dummit v. Jefferson CountyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1945
  5. Central Bank v. LowdermilkArizona Supreme Court · 1922

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