City of Valparaiso v. Gardner
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Porter Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, C. J.
The complaint of the appellee avers that he is a resident taxpayer of the city of "Valparaiso; that the' municipal officers are about to let a contract to a water-works company for supplying the city with water for a period of twenty years, at an annual expense to the municipality of $6,000; that the corporate indebtedness exceeds five per centum of the assessed value of the taxable property of the city and that there is no money in the treasury. The prayer of the complaint is for an injunction restraining the corporate authorities from entering into the contract. . .
The appellants answered,…
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