Newport Faces $1,600 Suit Over Carter Springs Warrants
A disputed municipal water purchase returns to court after the town council failed to appear in an earlier hearing on the warrants' validity.
It is reported that suit will soon be started against the town on the warrants issued at the time the Carter Springs were purchased. The amount to be sued for is $1,600 and interest. About a year ago the question of the validity of these warrants was in court, but the town council failed to have an appearance made in the matter, and it appears that the matter will now have to be threshed out.
“About a year ago the question of the validity of these warrants was in court, but the town council failed to have an appearance made in the matter.”
Municipal debt fights are rarely new. Newport bought Carter Springs with warrants whose legality was challenged, then apparently missed its chance to defend them in court. Modern residents still watch local government borrow, buy and defend public assets—and still ask who pays when the paperwork goes wrong.
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