National Park Bank v. City of Marietta

Bboyles, O. J.

1. Where a city, by executing its promissory note for a certain amount of money (not to supply a casual deficiency in its revenue), incurs a-debt without any provision therefor having been made (constitution of Georgia, art. 7, sec. 10, par. 1; Civil Code of 1910, § 6567); and where, by executing such a note, the city creates a debt (not for the purpose of supplying a casual deficiency in its revenue) greater than it had constitutional authority to make without the assent of two thirds of its qualified voters (constitution, art. 7, see. 7, par. 1), the city, when sued upon the…