Fletcher v. Board of Public Instruction Ex Rel. Special Tax School District No. 5

TERRELL, J.:

This appeal is from a final decree validating a bond issue proposed by Special Tax School District No. 5, of Gadsden County, for the purpose of constructing and equipping a gymnasium and a bandroom. It is shown that the bonds were approved by a majority vote of the freeholders of the district in an election called and held as required by Section 6, Article IX of the Constitution. The appellant, H. D. Fletcher, a tax payer in the district, was permitted to intervene and became a party to the validation proceedings. He filed an answer in which he challenges the validity of the bonds…