Truman v. Inhabitants of Town of Harmony
District Court, D. Maine
In Equity. Suit by Nathan TL Truman against the Inhabitants of the Town of Harmony.
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, District Judge.
This case now comes before the court for final hearing upon bill, answer, replication, and proofs. The' bill prays that a certain portion of an issue of bonds issued by the defendant town may be declared a valid obligation of the town. On August 1, 1896, the town issued bonds to the amount of $8,500, bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. This issue of bonds was to aid in the construction of the Sebasticook Moosehcad Railroad from Hartland to Harmony; in this railroad the town was to take stock in return for the bonds so issued. On June 20, 1895, at a town…
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