City of Elizabethton v. Boone

This suit was brought by the City of Elizabethton, Tennessee under the declaratory judgment statutes, sec. 23-1102 et seq., T.C.A. The named defendants are the seven City Commissioners, the Mayor of the city, the City Manager, also Crumley Boone, Trustee of Carter County, the Board of Education of said county (naming them), Carter County and George C. Edens, County Judge of Carter County, Tennessee.

The sole question made on this appeal is whether or not there has been a lawful allocation of funds derived from the issuance and sale of certain school bonds in the amount of $1,354,000, pursuant…