Brooklyn Trust Co. v. Town of Hebron
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in equity to compel the defendant town to guarantee certain railroad bonds; brought to the Superior Court iii Middlesex County. Facts found by a committee and case reserved for advice. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. 1. The warning of the town meeting of September 30th, 1871, was sufficient. 1 Swift Dig., 228; Sands v. Lyon, 18 Conn., 28; Weeks v. Hull, 19 id., 380; Manning v. Dove, 10 Rich. (So.
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Bill in equity to compel the defendant town to guarantee certain railroad bonds; brought to the Superior Court iii Middlesex County. Facts found by a committee and case reserved for advice. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. 1. The warning of the town meeting of September 30th, 1871, was sufficient. 1 Swift Dig., 228; Sands v. Lyon, 18 Conn., 28; Weeks v. Hull, 19 id., 380; Manning v. Dove, 10 Rich. (So. Car.), 395. 2. The record of the town meeting and the clerk’s certificate are conclusive against the town as to the warning being legal. 1 Dillon Mun. Corp., §§ 415…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
This is a complaint, asking for the dissolution of an injunction which restrains the defendant from guaranteeing any -bonds of the New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic Railroad Company, and for a mandamus compelling it to guarantee the same to a specified amount. The case has been reserved for the advice of this court.
In July, 1871, the legislature gave to the town of Hebron power to guarantee to a specified amount bonds of the New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic Railroad Company. On the 30th day of September following, a majority *25of the voters of the town met and in form passed a vote in…
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