Legal Opinion
Truman v. Inhabitants of Harmony
District Court, D. Maine
Decided July 22, 1912No. 686PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity. Bill by Nathan H. Truman against the Inhabitants of the Town of Harmony. On demurrer to the bill. Demurrer overruled.
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, District Judge.
This, case comes before the court upon defendant’s general demurrer to the bill in equity. The material allegations of the bill are substantially as follows: After stating the jurisdictional facts, it alleges the holding of a meeting of the voters of the defendant town on June 20, 1895, at which the following vote was passed by a majority of 117 votes to 2:
“Moved that the town of Harmony vote to raise ($8,500) eight thousand five hundred dollars to aid in the construction of a railroad from Hartland to Harmony village in said .Harmony and authorize its selectmen to enter…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Commercial Trust Co. of Hagerstown v. Laurens CountsDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1920
- Kirby v. City of MonroeMichigan Supreme Court · 1921
- Truman v. Inhabitants of Town of HarmonyDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1913