Strickland v. Franklin County

The special act which authorizes the issuance of these bonds provides that “they shall be made payable exclusively out of taxes to be levied in such district, except the board of county commissioners may pay from county funds any part of the principal and interest of said bonds, . . .” (Sec. 6, Ch. 1078, S.L. 1957) (Italics added.)

The plaintiffs rest their appeal primarily upon the provision of the statute italicized above, and contend that the bonds will be debts of Franklin County by virtue of this provision. They urge that this provision when interpreted in context is valid and imports a…