Parker v. Concord
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, brought by taxpayers and citizens of Concord, praying that the city, certain officers thereof, and the bodies known as the building committee and the finance committee be restrained from proceeding with the erection of a city building, and from issuing notes or bonds of the city to pay for the same.
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Bill in Equity, brought by taxpayers and citizens of Concord, praying that the city, certain officers thereof, and the bodies known as the building committee and the finance committee be restrained from proceeding with the erection of a city building, and from issuing notes or bonds of the city to pay for the same. Facts found, and case transferred from the April term, 1902, of the superior court, by JPeaslee, J. January 22, 1901, the city council'of Concord adopted a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to obtain such legislative authority as might be necessary “ to enable…
1Opinion of the CourtRemick, J.
The bill of rights (art.8 2), the Public Statutes (c. 40, s. 4; c. 50, s. 5), the city charter of Concord (Laws 1849, c. 886, s. 18), judicial decisions here and elsewhere (Eastman v. Meredith, 86 N. H. 284, 300, 301; Bates v. Bassett, 60 Vt. 530; Stetson v. Kempton, 13 Mass. 272, 279; Willard v. Newburyport, 12 Pick. 227, 230; Spaulding v. Lowell, 23 Pick. 71, 76, 80; French v. Quincy, 8 Allen 9, 13; Minot v. West Roxbury, 112 Mass. 1, — 17 Am. Rep. 52, 55; Torrent v. Muskegon, 47 Mich. 115,-41 Am. Rep. 715, 717, 718, 719), leading text-books upon the subject (Dill. Mun. Corp., s. 80 and…
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