MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
Where a majority of the taxpayers of a town are authorized by statute to encumber the property of all, in aid of a railroad or other corporation, the record must show that the statutory authority has been pursued. Cowdrey v. Caneadea, 16 Fed. Rep. 532, and cases cited.
Section 1 of chapter 907 of the laws of New York of 1869, 2 Sess. Laws 1869, p. 2303, was...
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