Mercer County Fiscal Court v. Slaughter

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Thomas

Reversing.

On March 5, 1927, at an election duly called and held throughout Mercer county, it was voted by a majority of 755 ballots to issue the bonds of the county to the amount of $250,000 “for the purpose of building, constructing and reconstructing the roads and bridges in said Mercer county, Kentucky, which are designated as State Primary Highway Projects.” (Our emphasis.) That statement was literally, or substantially, incorporated in the petition to the county court asking for an order calling the election, in the order of court calling it,…