Hedges v. Dixon County
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. In equity. Decree dismissing the bill. Complainant appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jackson
delivered the opinion of the court..
The question presented by the record in this case .is whether parties holding the greater part'of a scries of bonds issued by a county in excess of the limit fixed by the constitution of the State, and which for that reason are not enforceable at law, can invoke the aid of a court of equity to afford them relief by first ascertaining the extent of sucii excess, or settling the amount of bonds which the county could lawfully have issued, and then proceeding to scale down the issue to the limit thus ascertained, and to declare such excess only to be void, and…
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