Mullarky v. Town of Cedar Falls
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Blach Hawle District Court. Prior to 1858, one McClure had obtained from the county judge of Black Hawk county, the right and authority to erect a toll bridge over Cedar river, within the corporate limits of Cedar Falls.
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Appeal from Blach Hawle District Court. Prior to 1858, one McClure had obtained from the county judge of Black Hawk county, the right and authority to erect a toll bridge over Cedar river, within the corporate limits of Cedar Falls. In accordance with a vote of the citizens of that town, the authorities thereof purchased the franchise, contracted for the erection of said bridge, and in payment for the labor and material, issued its obligations in the form of scrip or notes, of the denomination of one, three and five dollars, payable two years after date, with interest at six per cent. By…
1Opinion of the Court
Lows, J.—
i. Mmricipoba-ok' bridges, There is no material difference between parties as regards the facts in this case. The controversy turns upon certain propositions of law, bearing upon and growing out of the corporate powers of the town of Cedar Falls.
The town was laid off on both sides of Cedar river, and the streets upon either side correspond. Before it became incorporated as a town, a man by the name of McClure had obtained the right from the county judge to erect a toll-bridge over the river, within the limits of the town on one of the streets thereof. This right or franchise, when…
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