Watts v. City of Cave Spring

H. B. Watts and two others, as citizens and taxpayers brought their petition against the City of Cave Spring, to enjoin the levy and collection of a tax to pay the interest and principal of certain bonds issued by the city, in the sum of $5,000, for the purpose of improving a municipal park; it being alleged that the bonds were illegally issued, because the city was without charter power to issue bonds for that purpose; that the city was without charter power to own and operate a park; that the issuance of the bonds was the creation of a debt; and that the mayor and council did not provide…