Colburn v. Mayor of Chattanooga

Lea, Sp. J.,

delivered tlie opinion of the court:

This bill was filed by complainants in behalf of themselves and other taxpayers of the city of Chattanooga, to enjoin the mayor and aldermen from issuing any scrip, treasury warrants, currency note, bill, or other evidence of debt, until legal authority is first obtained for so doing. •

The bill alleges that by an act of tbe general assembly of the state, approved on the 20th day of March, 1873 [Acts 1873, ch. 59], entitled “An act to provide for the issuance of bonds by the cities,” it is provided that in no case shall the authorities of cities…