Board of Commissioners v. State ex rel. Hamilton
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Decatur Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtNiblack, J.
This was a proceeding by the State, on the relation of William W. Hamilton, against the board of commissioners of the county of Decatur, for a mandate to compel the levying of certain taxes charged to have been voted for the construction of a railroad. R. S. 1881, section 1167,. et seq.
The complaint upon which the proceeding was based stated,, that, on the 19th day of July, 1879, a petition was presented to the said board of commissioners, purporting to be signed by twentj^-five freeholders of Washington township, in said county of Decatur, asking that such township be required to aid in the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hamilton v. State ex rel. BatesIndiana Supreme Court · 1852
- People Ex Rel. Fiedler v. MeadNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Brocaw v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
- Board of Commissioners of Clarke Co. v. State, ex rel. LewisIndiana Supreme Court · 1878
- Flagg v. Mayor of PalmyraSupreme Court of Missouri · 1863
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- Landes v. WallsIndiana Supreme Court · 1903
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