Hamilton v. Portland Pier Site District
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This is a bill in equity brought by fourteen taxable inhabitants of the City of South Portland under the provisions of Par. 13 of Sec. 6 of Chap. 82 of the R. S., seeking to restrain the Portland State Pier Site District from issuing $325,000 in coupon bonds of the District.
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On report. This is a bill in equity brought by fourteen taxable inhabitants of the City of South Portland under the provisions of Par. 13 of Sec. 6 of Chap. 82 of the R. S., seeking to restrain the Portland State Pier Site District from issuing $325,000 in coupon bonds of the District. The petitioners contend that the issuance of such bonds is for the purpose of raising and paying out money for a purpose not authorized by law, hence illegal and void, for the following reasons: That the act creating the Portland State Pier Site District has never been properly or legally accepted by the City…
1Opinion of the CourtDeasy, J.
Omitting unimportant details, the circumstances giving rise to this litigation are these: The constitution of Maine, as amended in 1919, provides that the credit of the State may be loaned and bonds issued “for the purposes of building and maintaining public wharves and for the establishment of adequate port facilities in the State of Maine.” By Chapter 84, as amended by Chapter 123 of the Special Laws of 1919, “The Port of Portland” is established and the offices of “Directors of the Port of Portland” created. These *18directors are empowered to secure land and rights and to lay out and build…
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- Supervisors v. StanleySupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Cook v. Port of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1891
- Holt v. City CouncilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Penniman's CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Weems Steamboat Co. of Baltimore v. People's Steamboat Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
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- Baxter v. Waterville Sewerage DistrictSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1951
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- First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Maine Turnpike Auth.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1957
- Common Cause v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
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