City Council v. Reese
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. A. D. Sayree. Bill by. Essie L. Reese against the city council of Montgomery and others. From a judgment overruling demurrers filed to the bill, defendants appeal. This was a bill filed by a resident citizen,.as the owner of property and a taxpayer, to restrain the issuance of certain bonds named therein, and to declare the ordinance authorizing their issuance null and void.
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Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. A. D. Sayree. Bill by. Essie L. Reese against the city council of Montgomery and others. From a judgment overruling demurrers filed to the bill, defendants appeal. This was a bill filed by a resident citizen,.as the owner of property and a taxpayer, to restrain the issuance of certain bonds named therein, and to declare the ordinance authorizing their issuance null and void. The ordinance is set out as an exhibit to the bill; but all that is necessary to be here set out is that it provided for the issuance of bonds to run for 30 years from…
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM. —
By the act of the Legislature approved February 26, 1903 (Gen. Acts 1903, p. 71), a gen' eral law was enacted “to provide for the settlement, adjustment, and refunding of the bonded indebtedness of municipal corporations.” By the provisions of this act the municipal authorities of any city, town, or village of this state which may have outstanding a bonded indebtedness of any kind are authorized to issue bonds for an amount not exceeding the indebtedness of such corporation proposed to- be .refunded, in such sums and form, to run not exceeding 30 years, and to- bear a rate .of…
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