Board of Comm'rs of Tippecanoe Cty. v. Lucas
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana. . By an act of the legislature of Indiana, passed on the twelfth day of May, 1869, counties and townships' in that State were authorized to aid in the construction.of railroads, by taking -stock in railroad companies, and making donations to them.
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Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana. . By an act of the legislature of Indiana, passed on the twelfth day of May, 1869, counties and townships' in that State were authorized to aid in the construction.of railroads, by taking -stock in railroad companies, and making donations to them. Before giving the aid, it was necessary for the officers of the county, the board of commissioners, to consult the electors of the county upon the subject, and obtain their approval of the proceeding at an election called for that purpose. Such approval having been obtained from the electors of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
It is objected, in limine, that this court has no jurisdiction of the cause, on the alleged ground that the judgment rendered is not a final judgment. The' order of the Circuit Court, granting a preliminary injunction, was, it is true, interlocutory, and, if the judgment of the Supreme Court of the State had been limited to a simple reversal, the objection would have been tenable. ' The cause would then have remained in the 'Circuit Court for further proceedings. But the direction to that court, accompanying the reversal of its order to dismiss the complaint, made a final disposition of the…
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