State ex rel. Gregory v. School District No. 24
Nebraska Supreme Court
Original application for a mandamus to compel the levy of a tax to pay school district bonds placed on market and sold to plaintiff a bona fide purchaser for value.
1Opinion of the Court
Lake Ch. J.
Two grounds are taken by counsel for the respondent against the allowance of a peremptory writ. The first of these is that when the election was held at which the bonds in question were voted, said district had not yet been fully organized, and was therefore incapable of authorizing its officers to issue them.
It must be conceded that considerable irregularity attended the organization of this district, but there is nothing to show that there was any bad faith on the part of ' any one connected therewith. The principal irregularity was in the election of the district officers. This…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Police Jury v. BrittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Rogers v. BurlingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
3Cited by7 opinions
- State ex rel. School District No. Six v. MooreNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
- State ex rel. School District No. 1 v. School District No. 19Nebraska Supreme Court · 1894
- Orchard v. School District No. 70Nebraska Supreme Court · 1883
- Olive v. School DistrictNebraska Supreme Court · 1910
- Kockrow v. WhisenandNebraska Supreme Court · 1911
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