Braun v. Board of Com'rs of Benton County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. This was an action by George A. Braun against tbe board of commissioners of Benton county, Ind., upon certain bonds and coupons. Judgment was rendered in the circuit court for the defendant. 66 Fed. 476. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
Tbe question presented is whether bonds duly issued in pursuance of the act of March 3, 1877 (Rev. St. Ind. *3701894, § 6855 et seq.; Rev. St. Ind. 1881, § 5091 et seq.), in aid of tlie construction of a free gravel road, are obligatory upon tlie county by which they were issued. It is not an open question. In the case of Strieb v. Cox, 111 Ind. 299, 12 N. E. 481, where the inquiry was whether such bonds were county obligations, within the meaning- of a constitutional limitation upon the amount of indebtedness which counties and other municipalities of the state might…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Quill v. City of IndianapolisIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
- Ricketts v. SprakerIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
- Board of Commissioners v. FullenIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Robinson v. RippeyIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Gavin v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
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