Legal Opinion

Carrison v. Kershaw County

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided June 18, 1909No. 7225PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Petition in the original jurisdiction of this Court by H. G. Carrison, A. D. Kennedy and P. T. Villepigue, for themselves and other taxpayers of Kershaw county, for injunction against Kershaw county, Matthew C. West, supervisor, J. K. DeKay, N. Kelley, S'. F. Kelley and D. M. Kirkley, county commissioners, and Southern National Bank.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones

The petitioners, taxpayers of Kershaw county, have applied in the original jurisdiction of this Court for an injunction to restrain the respondents, county commissioners of Kershaw county, from issuing coupon bonds of said county, to the amount of forty thous- and dollars, under an act of the Legislature, approved February 23', 1909. 26 Stat., 298.

The question presented by the petition and return is whether the county commissioners have authority to issue said bonds without submitting the question of such issuance to an election.

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2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Lillard v. MeltonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1915
  2. State Ex Rel. Richards v. MoorerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1929
  3. Powell v. HargroveSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
  4. Massey v. GlennSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1916
  5. Chesterfield County v. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1939

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