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ASHTON v. CAMERON COUNTY DIST.

No. 859.

298 U.S. 513 (1936)

56 S.Ct. 892

80 L.Ed. 1309

ASHTON ET AL. v. CAMERON COUNTY WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. ONE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Palmer Hutcheson, with whom Messrs. J.W. Terry and W.P. Hamblen were on the brief, for petitioners.

Messrs. David M. Wood and W.B. Lewis for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent, a water improvement district embracing 43,000 acres in Cameron County, Texas, was organized in 1914 under the laws of that State. Claiming to be insolvent and unable to meet its debts as they matured, it presented to the United States District Court, December 5, 1934, an Amended Petition with plan for adjusting its obligations — $800,000 six percent...

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