State, Ex Rel. v. Sherrill

By the Court.

In disposing of this matter on the merits, we are confined to the issues as raised by the third defense of the answer, and may not concern ourselves with the wisdom or policy displayed by the United States Congress in passing the Federal Housing Act.

By the terms of such act a national housing authority is created, and empowered to loan and dispense government funds to duly constituted local housing authorities or agencies in the various states, for two principal purposes: (1) the eradication of so-called slum areas, “injurious to the health, safety and morals of the citizens of…