Pilcher v. English
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Meadow. Warren superior court. October 8, 1909. W. W. Pilcher and others, as citizens and taxpayers of Warren county, filed their equitable petition against the commissioners of roads and revenues of that county, and the Falls City Construction Company, seeking to have the contract made by the county commissioners with the construction company for the erection of a county court-house declared illegal, and to enjoin them from carrying it…
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Meadow. Warren superior court. October 8, 1909. W. W. Pilcher and others, as citizens and taxpayers of Warren county, filed their equitable petition against the commissioners of roads and revenues of that county, and the Falls City Construction Company, seeking to have the contract made by the county commissioners with the construction company for the erection of a county court-house declared illegal, and to enjoin them from carrying it out. It was also sought to enjoin the holding of an election to determine the question of issuing bonds for the building…
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, J..
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
The plaintiffs sought to enjoin the carrying out of a contract to build a court-house in Warren county. They attacked the *502noti.ce which was published prior to the execution of the contract, as deficient in several particulars, and contended that the contract based upon it was therefore illegal. They also attacked the contract on account of defects which it was claimed existed in it, and because it was contended that no sufficient fund had been provided for the payment which would be due under it, and that the tax levy which was made had been…
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