Legal Opinion
E. B. & A. C. Whiting Co. v. City of Burlington
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 2, 1934PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
At a special meeting of the legal voters of the city of Burlington, hereafter called the city, held on January 3, 1934, the city was authorized, by a majority of the votes cast, to issue bonds to an amount not to exceed $178,000, for the purpose of making certain public improvements.
The plaintiffs, who are large taxpayers in the city, brought this bill of complaint against the city, praying for an injunction restraining it from issuing the bonds voted at the special meeting on 'the grounds that the meeting was illegally called, and that two-thirds of all the voters voting at such meeting did…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Mount Pleasant v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Holyoke Co. v. LymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Pearce v. AtwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
- United States F. & G. Co. v. BramwellOregon Supreme Court · 1923
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Langle v. KurkulSupreme Court of Vermont · 1986
- In Re Sealed DocumentsSupreme Court of Vermont · 2001
- Smith v. Town of St. JohnsburySupreme Court of Vermont · 1988
- Town of Brattleboro v. GarfieldSupreme Court of Vermont · 2006
- City of Montpelier v. Barnett, Sanborn and Natural Resources BoardSupreme Court of Vermont · 2012
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