BUCHANAN v. LITCHFIELD


102 U.S. 278 (____)

BUCHANAN v. LITCHFIELD

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John M. Palmer and Mr. Frank Morison for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. A.L. Knapp, contra.


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

The first and most important of the certified questions involves the construction of the twelfth section of the ninth article of the Constitution of Illinois.

The words employed are too explicit to leave any doubt as to the object of the constitutional restriction upon municipal indebtedness. The purpose of its framers, beyond all question...

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