Geer v. School Dist. No. 11
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Disj trict of Colorado. Uobert C. Geer, the plaintiff in error, brought liis action in the circuit court for the district of Colorado against school rtislriet No. 11 in the county oi Ouray, defendant in error, to recover, ns in indebitatus assumpsit, the sum of $10,000, alleged to have; been paid by him for 10 certain bonds issued by the officers of the school district July 1, 1892, and interest thereon.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Disj trict of Colorado. Uobert C. Geer, the plaintiff in error, brought liis action in the circuit court for the district of Colorado against school rtislriet No. 11 in the county oi Ouray, defendant in error, to recover, ns in indebitatus assumpsit, the sum of $10,000, alleged to have; been paid by him for 10 certain bonds issued by the officers of the school district July 1, 1892, and interest thereon. The complaint sets forth in detail all the facts attending the original issue of (lie bonds; the laws of Colorado relating to the…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, District Judge
The defendant was a school district in the county of Ouray and state of Colorado, and as such was a corporation empowered to make contracts, and to hold so much real estate as was necessary for the location and construction of a school house. Sections 4004, 4013, Mills’ Ann. St. Colo. A positive duty was imposed upon the district to purchase a lot and build a school house when directed by a vote of the district to do so. Section 4015, Id. The district bad power conferred upon it by tlie constitution of the state, when authorized by a majority vole of the tax-paying electors, to create a debt…
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