Supreme Court of the United States, 1926

Roberts v. Town of Perry

Roberts v. Town of Perry
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 1, 1926
270 U.S. 631; 46 S. Ct. 335 (United States Reports)

Roberts v. Town of Perry

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Dismissed for want of any ground for federal jurisdiction, there having been no lack of opportunity for a hearing on the merits of the assessment, upon the authority of Hetrick v. Village of Lindsay, 265 U. S. 384; and there having been no contract within the meaning of Art. I, § 10 of the Constitution, upon the authority of Hunter v. City of Pittsburgh, 207 U. S. 161, 176-177; (2) New Orleans v. New Orleans Water Works Company, 142 U. S. 79, 87-88; Gulf & Ship Island R. R. Co. v. Hewes, 183 U. S. 66, 75.

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