Baker v. City of Cartersville
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Fite. Bartow superior court. October 5, 1906. On September 27, 1906, Thomas H. Baker, as a citizen and taxpayer of 'the City of Cartersville, brought an action against that municipality to enjoin it from issuing and selling certain bonds.
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Fite. Bartow superior court. October 5, 1906. On September 27, 1906, Thomas H. Baker, as a citizen and taxpayer of 'the City of Cartersville, brought an action against that municipality to enjoin it from issuing and selling certain bonds. The petition made the following allegations: The mayor and aldermen of the city, on May 14, 1906, ordered an election to be held on June 16, 1906, to determine whether or not the city should issue its bonds to the amount of $40,000. In pursuance of such order there was duly published a notice of such bond election, in…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
(After stating the facts.) 1. The judgment of. the superior court validating the bonds is conclusive as to the city, its citizens, and every one else, that the city has the the legal right to incur a debt of the amount and for. the purposes indicated in the notice of the bond election, and that the assent of the qualified voters has been obtained for the issuance of the bonds'in the manner required by law, and upon all other questions which the constitution and laws require to be determined before authority is con*224ferred upon a municipalit}'' to incur a debt. Epping v. Columbus, 117 Ga. 280;…
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