Brown v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Validation of municipal bonds. Before Judge George L. Bell. Fulton superior court. May 6, 1921. An election was held in tire City of Atlanta on March 8, 1921, for a proposed issue of bonds for municipal purposes, amounting to $8,850,000. The result of the election was declared to be in favor of the issuance of the bonds; notice was'served upon the solicitor-general of the Atlanta circuit, and suit was filed by him in behalf of the State, for the validation of the bonds.
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Validation of municipal bonds. Before Judge George L. Bell. Fulton superior court. May 6, 1921. An election was held in tire City of Atlanta on March 8, 1921, for a proposed issue of bonds for municipal purposes, amounting to $8,850,000. The result of the election was declared to be in favor of the issuance of the bonds; notice was'served upon the solicitor-general of the Atlanta circuit, and suit was filed by him in behalf of the State, for the validation of the bonds. A time was set for a hearing, advertisement was made, and the City of Atlanta appeared at such time and made answer,…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. On August 19, 1918, the legislature passed an act (Acts ■1918, p. 915) proposing an amendment to the constitution of the State of Georgia, as follows: “Deserving to the municipal cor*288porations the benefit of all provisions of the constitution of force in this State, the General Assembly is hereby empowered to authorize any municipal corporation within the State, having a population of one hundred and fifty thousand or more, according to the census of the United States government taken next preceding the approval of any act passed in pursuance hereof, to…
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