Scott v. Crow

An equitable petition was filed by Scott and others, as citizens and taxpayers of the County of Franklin, against T. J. Crow, the ordinary of that county. This petition-alleged,, that the defendant was undertaking to build a new courthouse for the county, and to that end was advertising a notice for bids; that the proposed new building would cost more than $5,000; that the advertised notice was illegal, in that it did not specify the terms or time of payment, and in other respects failed to come up to the statutory requirements. The petition also alleged, that the county had no money on hand…