Litchfield enquirer., 1871-03-23

9la ; Per order, COMMITTEE. LitohAeld, March 21st, 1871.
 THE MORRIS INJUNCTION. THH PETITIONERS BILL DrsMssED AND THE
 TEMPORARY INJUNCTION DISSOLVED.
 On Friday the decision of Judge Loom is in the Morris injunction case was recei. ved. The finding of the Court is long and we condense it as follows
 ALLEGED DEFECTIVE WARNING
 The decision on this point is in accord snce with the claims of the respondents, i. C., that the notices calling the meeting of the townof Morris which voted the railroad subscription were legally posted on each of the sign-posts and in each of the school districts of that town, at least ten days be. fore the meeting. Upon this point, which is one of fact and not of lasc, the finding of Judge Loomis is final and cannot be reversed. THE sUFFTcrENcY OF THE TAXPAYERS pEr1. s"t4H .. TON.
 The judge finds that, ct the meeting, the vote authorizing the railroad subscription was carried, 91 to 38. The selectmen of Morris were also satisfied, and so certified, that at the close of the meeting the tax payers' petition upon which it was called remained signed by persons who were as- seassd for a major part of the taxes by the last completed grand list of the town of Morris, and therefore MT. William Dem- ing, the agent appointed to make their town subscription, made the same upon the very dsy of the meeting, October 21 1s6a) ..ta.ir- l
 The judge finds the following facts re. garding She taxpayers petition
 The Grand List of Morris, last compls- ted before the vote, was that of 1868 and amounted in all to $413,O40. The amount of property represented on the petition vas $236. .790. The classes of persons, who signed the petition to which ob- jection was made, were assessed to the fol. lowing amounts:
 Rxscufos and Administrators. $1as9s Non Resident Taxpayers, 17652 Taxpagera who had disposed ofthe
 Esopersy taxed before they signed Persons who 1eit written request with '''' the Town Clerk to erase their
 names from the petition before the
 town meeting was closed 1osso In this connection the judge refers to the Charter of the Shepaug Valley R. R. O., and its amendments, from which we quote the following section bearing on the questions raised above:
 Ezc. 2. Said meeting shall be called by the selectmen whenever petition shall be presented to them signed by not less than twenty voters of the town and by such Eumber of the tax payers of the town as together pay, or areassessed for, the major part of the taxes of the town, which peti. tion shall state that the signers thereof are in favor of subscribing for said stock or is. suing said bonds, and therefore ask that such meeting be called, and said petition, with the names of the signers thereto, shan be lodged in the town clerks office at least ten days before the date of such meet ing. and shall be open to the inspection of all Signatures may be added to said pe- tition or removed therefrom by any signer, at any time up to the close of said town meeting. and the voting shall be conduct cd in the manner provided in said charter and amendments.
 The executors and administrators above referred to. paid the taxes assessed on the estates they represented, which were in process of settlement. as it was their du. ty todo.
 The non-rssident taxpayers also paid their taxes on the amount above specified for which they were assessed.
 The persons who had sold out the prop srty assessed against them in the list o 1888. paid their proportion of all the taxes laid on said list, and were in several in stances requested by the persons who hat purchased their property to sign the peti tion.
 More than twenty voters of the town al % subscribed the petition for tow, meeting.
 u viii be observed that throwing out tn only two classes about which there can b reasonable doubt-those who reoueste their names erased. and the executors an adminisssasors-the petition will even the represent the major part of the Grand Lii Of Morris.l i ea aa
 sUsszcrzzUr or TEE aAr1aoAD susscau
 TION.
 On the point made by the petitione, that the fall million of stock should hay been sabserzbed before construction of th