Samuels v. City of Clinton

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hurt

Reversing.

The city of Clinton, is a city of the fifth class, with a population of less than five thousand. The value of the taxable property, in the city, for the year, 1917, amounted to the sum of $727,064.00, and for the year, 1918, to the sum of $613,659.00. There is outstanding, against the city, an indebtedness of $10,500.00, represented by the bonds of the city, heretofore, issued. At the regular election, held in November, 1918, under an ordinance of the council of the city, properly enacted, the question, whether or not, the city should incur an…