Packard v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court, Jefferson County. Thk bill was filed by George F. Packard, B. F. Wood-worth and John Clark against the board of county commissioners of Jefferson county, the Golden City and South Platte Railway and Telegraph Company and Francis E. Everett.
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Appeal from District Court, Jefferson County. Thk bill was filed by George F. Packard, B. F. Wood-worth and John Clark against the board of county commissioners of Jefferson county, the Golden City and South Platte Railway and Telegraph Company and Francis E. Everett. The bill alleges that the complainants are resident tax payers of Jefferson county ; that the Golden City and South Platte Railway and Telegraph Company was incorporated January 18th, 1872, by Charles C. Welch, W. A. TL Loveland and E. L. Berthoud, that on the sixth day of April thereafter the company filed a supplemental…
1Opinion of the Court
Hallett, G. J.
The authority conferred upon counties, cities and towns to subscribe to the capital stock of railroad companies, and to issue bonds in payment therefor, is to be *345exercised by and with the approval of the legal voters of the county, city or town so subscribing, expressed at an election, to be called by the proper authority, of which thirty days’ notice must be given. Rev. Stat. 134.
No doubt can arise as to the power of any such corporation to make its subscription to the stock of a railway company upon such terms and conditions of payment, with reference to the prosecution…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mayor of Baltimore v. GillCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1869
- Moran v. the Commissioners of Miami CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1863
- Chase v. GatesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1851
- Portland & Oxford Central Railroad v. Inhabitants of HartfordSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1870
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- Allen v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
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