Garner v. Lowery

This is a taxpayer’s suit brought by the appellant to prevent the county judge and other officers of Garland County from issuing bonds for the purchase of a county hospital and from levying a tax for its maintenance. The chancellor sustained a demurrer to the complaint and dismissed the suit.

The complaint alleges that in 1952 the county court entered an order by which it authorized the purchase of property known as the Methodist Hospital of Hot Springs, subject to the approval of the electorate. Later on the court employed an architect to prepare plans, specifications, and estimates of cost…