Hedges v. Dixon County
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska
In Equity. Bill by Daniel T. Hedges and others to scale down and enforce an issue of the bonds of defendant county, said issue having been held void as in excess of the constitutional limit of indebtedness of the county..-Defendant demurs.
1Opinion of the CourtBrewer, J.
The facts in this case are these: In 1876, Dixon county, the defendant, herein, issued 887,000 of its bonds as a donation to the Covington, Columbus & Black Hills Railroad Company. The amount of such issue exceeded 10 per cent, of the assessed value of the property of the county, by reason whereof it has been finally adjudged by the supreme court that the bonds were void. Dixon Co. v. Field, 111 U. S. 81, 4 Sup. Ct. Rep. 315. This bill is brought by the complainants, who own nearly all of the bonds thus issued, praying that they may be scaled down to an amount equal to 10 per cent, of the…
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