Elliott v. Heyward

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Watts.

This is in the original jurisdiction, and is a petition for injunction, on a rule issued by the Chief Justice.

The facts are undisputed. The sole question is whether the proposed issue of bonds by Fairfield County violates Article 10, Section 5, of the Constitution of 1895. We are of the opinion that it does not. It was never contemplated, and is not a fair construction of this section to say, that a county cannot issue and sell bonds up to 8 per cent, of the total assessed value of all the property in the county.

The county is a unit,…