Bogert v. Kinzer

SHEPARD, Justice.

This case presents for our consideration the alleged unconstitutionality of provisions of our Constitution and statutes which authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds by subdivisions of government only upon the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors voting at an election held for that purpose. The lower court held, and it is contended here, that such a requirement is violative of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and that the assent of a simple majority should.be sufficient to authorize the issuance of…