Butts County v. Wright

So far as the plaintiff sets up a ease based upon notes given by county officers for money borrowed, the notes being given for the future payment of the sum borrowed, it states, of course, an unenforceable contract, as the borrowing of the money and the giving of notes for future payment was a creation of a debt falling within the inhibition contained in the constitution against the creation of debts except upon complying with certain prerequisites stated in the constitution itself, none of which were complied with. And in so far as it seeks to recover money from the county on the ground…