Davenport v. County of Dodge
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
By a statute of Nebraska, passed in 1869, “ to enable' coum ties, cities, towns, and précincts to borrow money on their bonds, or to issue bonds to aid in the construction or completion of works of internal improvement in this State, and to legalize bonds already issued for such purposes,” the legal voters of counties and" cities "were authorized-to vote -bonds for such purposes, and üpon a favorable vote, the county commissioners in case of a county, and the city council in .case of a city, were to issue the bonds as voted, which were to “ continue a subsisting liability against said city or…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- County of Greene v. DanielSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- County Commissioners v. ChandlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Graham v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- State ex rel. Chandler v. Board of County CommissionersNebraska Supreme Court · 1880
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- Youngblood v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
- Divide Creek Irr. Dist. v. HollingsworthCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
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