Kimmons v. Jefferson County Board of Education
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Dan. A. Greene, Judge. Bill by J. I. Kimmons against the Board of Education of Jefferson County and others to enjoin the issuance of certain warrants for building purposes. From a decree denying relief, complainant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Dan. A. Greene, Judge. Bill by J. I. Kimmons against the Board of Education of Jefferson County and others to enjoin the issuance of certain warrants for building purposes. From a decree denying relief, complainant appeals. Appellant, a resident citizen and taxpayer of school district No. 8-A of Jefferson county, filed this bill against the Jefferson county board of education and the individual members thereof to restrain said board from the issuance and sale of $25,000 of 6 per cent, warrants to raise funds for the erection of a schoolhouse in…
1Opinion of the Court
■ GARDNER, J.
(after stating the facts as above). The bill in this case questions the authority of the board of education of Jefferson county in the issuance and sale of $25,-000 of 6 per cent, warrants for the purpose of erecting a school building for school district No. 8-A of Jefferson county. Provisions for the sale of such warrants are to be found in what is commonly referred to as the “School Code” (Acts 1919, p. 567).
[1] It is first insisted that this act is void as in contravention of section 45, art. 4, of the Constitution, which declares that each law shall contain but one subject,…
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