Inhabitants of Town of Harmony v. Truman
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine; Clarence Hale, Judge. Suit by Nathan H. Truman against the Inhabitants of the Town of Harmony, Maine. From a decree in favor of complainant (205 Fed. 549) defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, Circuit Judge.
The appellee (hereinafter called plaintiff) holds 17 bonds, each for $500, in all $8,500, purporting to have been issued by the appellant town (hereinafter called defendant) on August 1, 1896. The defendant has refused to pay either the interest or the principal, and denies their validity.
The plaintiff’s bill, filed February 12, 1912, alleges that he can maintain no action at law upon the bonds, because at the date of their issue it was not in the power of the town to incur indebtedness to the amount of $8,500; that amount, together with its previous outstanding…
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