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RATON WATER WORKS COMPANY v. RATON

No. 272.

174 U.S. 360 (1899)

19 S.Ct. 719

43 L.Ed. 1005

RATON WATER WORKS COMPANY, v. RATON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 15, 1899.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry A. Forster for appellant.

Mr. N.B. Laughlin for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The water works company, when it filed its bill in this case, was in possession of warrants that had been issued to it by the town of Raton in pursuance of the provisions of a contract existing between the company and the town. Those warrants were in the form of drafts drawn on the treasurer of the town, signed by the mayor and countersigned by the recorder of the town. They were for specific...

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