Hoxie v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““3518. Section 14. (Election.) Any precinct, townsilip or village (less than a city of the second class) organized according to law, is hereby authorized to issue bonds in aid of works of internal improvement, highways, bridges, railroads, court house, jails in any part of the county, and the drainage of swamps and wet lands, to an extent not exceeding ten per cent, of the assessed value of the taxable property at the last assessment within such township, precinct, or village, in the manner hereinafter described, namely: First: — xl petition signed by not less than fifty freeholders of the precinct, township or village shall be presented to the county commissioners or board authorized by law to attend to the business of the county, within which such precinct, township or village is situated. Said petition shall set forth the nature of the work eontenxplated, the amount of the bonds sought to be voted, the rate of interest, which shall in no event exceed eight per cent, per annum, aud the date when the principal and interest shall become due'; and the said petitioners shall give bonds to be approved by the county commissioners, for the payment of the expenses of the election, in the event that the proposition shall fail to receive a two-thirds of the majority of the votes cast at the election. Second: — Upon the reception of such petition the county commissioners shall give notice and call an election in the precinct, township or village, as the case may be. Said notice, call ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chilton v. Town of Gratton

2. “The want of jurisdiction of the county commissioners and other officers clothed with like powers, with respect to similar petitions, to act upon the petition of less than fifty freeholders, or of a certain proportion of qualified electors, is no longer a debatable question in this State [citing cases]. As the county commissioners had presented to them no petition upon (183) which they had jurisdiction to order an election, the bonds were issued without authority of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gill v. . Commissioners

3. ““We shall not assume to pass upon ihe rights of holders of the bonds as bona fide purchasers, because these parties are not in court. The proposition upon which this appeal must bo determined must be considered as though there has been no sale of the bonds by the railroad company.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chilton v. Town of Gratton