WELCH v. READ

No. 4479.

100 N.H. 174 (1956)

HAROLD C. WELCH v. ALICE READ & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided March 29, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Ryan (by brief and orally), for the plaintiff.

Aaron A. Harkaway for the defendants.


GOODNOW, J.

Laws 1955, c. 322, authorized the Merrimack village district "to incur indebtedness in an amount not exceeding $150,000" for the construction of a water works system. The amount so authorized exceeds the limit within which a municipality is generally required to confine its indebtedness for the purchase or construction of water works (RSA 38:11), that limit being "ten per cent of the tax valuation of the municipality." The sole question presented...

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