GRENADA COUNTY SUPERVISORS V. BROGDEN, 112 U. S. 261 (1884)
Subscribe to Cases that cite 112 U. S. 261
Case Resources
Search this Case
in Google Scholar
on the Web
Google Web Search
MSN Web Search
Yahoo! Web Search
in the News
Google News Search
Google News Archive Search
Yahoo! News Search
in the Blogs
BlawgSearch.com Search
Google Blog Search
Technorati Blog Search
in other Databases
Google Book Search
Online Research Resources
Cornell LII
Cornell Wex Dictionary & Encyclopedia
LLRX.com - Legal Research
Expert Witness Directory
Nolo Consumer & Business
US Court Forms
USA Constitution Annotated
WashLaw Directory
World LII
Online Case Law
Cornell LII
FastCase $
Lexis $
LexisOne
Loislaw $
USSCPlus.com $
VersusLaw $
Link to the Case Preview: http://supreme.justia.com/us/112/261/
Link to the Full Text of Case: http://supreme.justia.com/us/112/261/case.html
U.S. Supreme Court
Grenada County Supervisors v. Brogden, 112 U.S. 261 (1884)
Grenada County Supervisors v. Brogden
Submitted October 22, 1884
Decided November 17, 1884
112 U.S. 261
Syllabus
That construction of a statute should be adopted which, without doing violence to the fair meaning of the words used, brings it into harmony with the Constitution.
A municipal subscription to the stock of a railroad company, or in aid of the construction of a railroad, made without authority previously conferred, may be confirmed and legalized by subsequent legislative enactment, when legislation of that character is not prohibited by the Constitution and when that which was done would have been legal had it been done under legislative sanction previously given.
Suit upon county bonds. Judgment for plaintiff. Writ of error to reverse it. The facts are stated in the opinion.