Legal Opinion
Nelms v. Stephens County School District
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 6, 1946No. 15558PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jenkins, Presiding Justice.
1. When any political subdivision of any county of this State undertakes through its constituted authorities to exercise the power of incurring a bonded indebtedness, or to exercise the power of taxation, a clear and manifest legal right to do so must appear. Albany Bottling Co. v. Watson, 103 Ga. 503 (30 S. E. 270).
2. Article VII, section VII, paragraph I, of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945 provides in part as follows: “The debt hereafter incurred by any county, municipal corporation, or political division of this State ' except as in this Constitution provided…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Albany Bottling Co. v. WatsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Ty Ty Consolidated School District v. Colquitt Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Jennings v. New Bronwood School DistrictSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
- Seaboard Air-Line Railway Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
3Cited by9 opinions
- Duffee v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
- Board of Ed. of Paulding Co. v. GraySupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Board of Commissioners of Roads & Revenues v. BondSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Pinion v. Walker County School DistrictSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
- Davis v. Board of Education of Coffee Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1947
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