Cover v. Town of Baytown
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought by the plaintiff, a resident and tax payer of the town of Baytown, "Washington County, on behalf of himself and other residents of the said town, praying for an injunction restraining the collection of the interest on certain bonds purporting to have been issued by the Supervisors of said town, and the farther issue of such bonds, &c.
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This action was brought by the plaintiff, a resident and tax payer of the town of Baytown, "Washington County, on behalf of himself and other residents of the said town, praying for an injunction restraining the collection of the interest on certain bonds purporting to have been issued by the Supervisors of said town, and the farther issue of such bonds, &c. Issue was joined in the action, and the same was submitted to the District Court of Washington County upon a stipulation agreeing upon the facts in the case, and the Court dismissed the action and ordered judgment for the defendants for…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Oowrt
Wilson, Oh. J.
Certain persons, inhabitants of the town of Baytown, in February, 1865, raised by voluntary subscription, the sum of sixteen hundred dollars, to be used in payment of bounties to volunteers entering the United States service, to the credit of said town. This sum was to be paid over only on the condition that the amount of three thousand dollars should be subscribed and paid in; which sum it was estimated would be necessary to raise the number *129of recruits required t<* fill the quota of the town. The remaining sum of fourteen hundred dollars not having been subscribed,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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