Sinton v. Carter Co.

The defendant demurs to the petition because, as is argued, (1) the act under which the bonds sued on were issued is unconstitutional and void; (2) the act, if constitutional, does not authorize the issuing of these bonds; (3) there is a defect of parties defendant. It is insisted that the title of the act under which these bonds were issued does not express its subject, but is misleading and delusive. The title of the act of 1878 (1 Sess. Acts 1878, p. 77) is: “An act authorizing the county of Carter, and those parts of Boyd and Elliott taken from Carter county, to compromise and settle with…