Mitchell County v. Cochran

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The controlling question in this case is, whether or not the county authorities can expend money arising from the sale of bonds like those involved in this case, the proceeds of the sale of which were to be used “for the paving and grading of new and old roads in Mitchell County,” for the paving of certain streets in the City of Pelham. The streets in controversy were not a part of State-aid roads, but the plaintiffs in error submitted evidence to show they were parts of the public roads or the public-road system in Mitchell County. The showing upon this…