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Gunnison County Commissioners Vs. Rollins

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 20, 1899

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  1. Town of Venice Vs. Murdock US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1875
  2. Wilson Vs. Salamanca US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1878
  3. Buchanan Vs. Litchfield US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1880
  4. Dixon County Vs. Field US Supreme Court · Mar 04, 1884
  5. Lake County Vs. Graham US Supreme Court · May 13, 1889
  6. Chaffee County Vs. Potter US Supreme Court · Jan 04, 1892
  7. Town of Coloma Vs. Eaves US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1875
  8. Carroll County Vs. Smith US Supreme Court · May 05, 1884
  9. Oregon Vs. Jennings US Supreme Court · Nov 15, 1886
  10. U.S. 255 (1899) U.S. Supreme Court Gunnison County Commissioners v. Rollins
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  11. U.S. 255 (1899) Gunnison County Commissioners v. Rollins
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  12. of the limit prescribed by the Constitution of Colorado. This case is controlled by the judgment in Chafee County v. Potter
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  13. which the Court considered the effect of recitals importing compliance with constitutional provisions. In Buchanan v. Litchfield
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  14. its bonds. The case might then, perhaps, have been brought within the rule announced by this Court in Town of Coloma v. Eaves
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  15. So, in the more recent case of Orleans v. Pratt
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  16. In Northern Bank of Toledo v. Porter
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  17. that they had been issued in conformity to law, the Court referred to the above rule established in Town of Coloma v. Eaves
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  18. A leading case on this subject is Dixon County v. Field
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  19. the rule declared upon this point by this Court in the well considered words of Mr. Justice Strong in Town of Coloma v. Eaves
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  20. of those to whom the law refers the public for authentic and final information on the subject. In Lake County v. Graham
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  21. therefore no estoppel as to the constitutional question, because there is no recital in regard to it. Carroll County v. Smith
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  22. creation of a ministerial commission whose finding shall be taken in lieu of the facts. In the case of Sherman County v. Simons
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  23. action had been complied with, and that its finding was conclusive to a bona fide purchaser. So also, in Oregon v. Jennings
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  24. This brings us in our reference to the authorities to the important case of Chaffee County v. Potter
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  25. of them, were issued in violation of the constitution of the state. After referring to the decision in Lake County v. Graham
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  26. as to the constitutional limit of indebtedness), and stating that it was based largely on the ruling in Dixon County v. Field
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  27. In our opinion, these two features are of vital importance in distinguishing this case from Lake County v. Graham
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  28. and Dixon County v. Field
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  29. examination of any particular bond would not disclose, as it would in the Lake County case and in Dixon County v. Field
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  30. would not be estopped from pleading the invalidity of the bonds in this particular. Such was the case in Lake County v. Graham
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  31. did not show such recital to be untrue, under the law estops the county from saying that it is untrue. Town of Coloma v. Eaves
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  32. Marcy v. Township
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  33. Northern Bank v. Porter
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  34. After referring to what was said in Town of Coloma v. Eaves
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  35. and Buchanan v. Litchfield
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  36. We think this case comes fairly within the principles of those just cited, and that it is not governed by Dixon County v. Field
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  37. and Lake County v. Graham
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  38. It is contended that the present case is controlled by Sutliff v. Lake
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  39. U. S. 230 , 147 U. S. 235 , 147 U. S. 237 -238, rather than by Chaffee County v. Potter
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  40. or constitutional condition precedent, and did not require those facts to be made a matter of public record. Marcy v. Oswego
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  41. Humboldt v. Long
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  42. After referring to Dixon County v. Field
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  43. above cited, the Court proceeded to show the precise grounds upon which the decisions in Lake County v. Graham
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  44. and Chaffee County v. Potter
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  45. and the ground upon which it rests, were approved and affirmed in Lake County v. Graham
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  46. statute, which did not require the amount of indebtedness of the county to be stated on its records. In Lake County v. Graham
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  47. S. 273 be estopped to plead that limit. 130 U. S. 130 U.S. 682, 130 U. S. 683 . In Chaffee County v. Potter
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  48. U.S. 142 U. S. 363 . The case at bar does not fall within Chaffee County v. Potter
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  49. and cannot be distinguished in principle from Dixon County v. Field
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  50. or from Lake County v. Graham
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