Williamson v. Richards, Governor

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

This action was commenced on March 19, 1930, by certain citizens and taxpayers of the State, against the Governor, State Treasurer, and State Highway Commission, to have a sale of $10,000,000.00 of bonds, known as State Highway Certificates of Indebtedness of the State of South Carolina, proposed to be made at the office of the Governor in Columbia, on the 21st day of March, 1930, declared null and void and the issuance of said bonds illegal. The complaint alleged that the issuance of the bonds at that time was entirely unwarranted…