Manatee County v. State

In February, 1939, the Board of County Commissioners of Manatee County filed its petition in' the circuit court under Chapter 15772, Acts of 1931, to validate $2,516,000. of county refunding bonds to discharge or take the place of its outstanding county road and bridge bonded indebtedness. The State and certain of its taxpayers filed answers to the petition challenging the validity of the proposed refunding bonds. On the issues so made, evidence was taken and on final hearing the chancellor denied validation and dismissed the petition. The county appealed from that decree.

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