State ex rel. Berry v. Babcock

The county commissioners of Madison county submitted to the electors of Union Creek precinct, in said county, a proposition to issue seven thousand dollars of precinct bonds to aid in the construction of a court house in the village of Madison, the county seat. The proposition, as submitted, was adopted, the bonds executed by the county officers and presented to the auditor and secretary of state for registration and certification. Those officers, for reasons which will hereafter appear, declined to register and certify the bonds, and this suit is brought for the purpose of compelling action…