Williamson v. Aldrich
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Brown County. Pión. J. H. McCoy, Judge. Action by G. N. Williamson against A. N. Aldrich and others. From an adverse judgment, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFuller, P. J.
This appeal is from an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint in an action by a taxpayer to restrain the issuance of municipal bonds by corporate authority in the sum of $35,000 for the purpose of providing the city of Aberdeen with an electric lighting plant. It is conceded that the issuance of these bonds will create a debt in excess of the constitutional limitation unless $38,000 now in the sinking fund applicable only to the payment of bonded indebtedness not yet matured should be deducted in estimating the present total outstanding indebtedness of the city. As Aberdeen has less…
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