Hyams v. Carroll

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. JusTiCR Cothran.

This is a controversy submitted without action, under Section 675 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The petitioner, a resident taxpayer of the City of Charleston, seeks an injunction to restrain the respondents, the commissioners of public works of said city, from issuing $300,000 of the notes of the commission, the proceeds of which are proposed to be used in the construction of the necessary means for the transportation of water from Edisto River to Goose Creek basin, the present water basin for the city’s waterworks system.

Under…