Bee v. City of Huntington

Maxwell, 1?Resident,

dissenting as to first two cases:

In the case of Finlayson v. City of Shinnston, 113 W. Va. 434, 168 S. E. 479, we held that levies for bonded indebtedness created subsequent to the adoption of the amendment of section 1, Article X, West Virginia Constitution, must be within the máximums prescribed by said amendment. Also, that levies for pre-existing bonded indebtedness must be made within the said máximums except where greater levies are necessary to prevent impairment of the obligations of contracts. The distinction between subsequent indebtedness and pre-existing…