City of Lake Alfred v. Lawless

— This appeal is from a decree obtained by taxpayers enjoining the levy or collection of taxes for, and the payment of, bonds issued by the municipality for street improvements, including an issue of refunding bonds, the theory being that all of the bonds are void because all of the original bonds were issued by resolution of the city authorities under Chapter 9298, Acts of 1923, a general law, when the' city charter, Chapter 6685, Acts of 1913, as amended by Chapter 7152, Acts of 1915, requires all bonds of the city to be issued upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of its electors.

The…