Schuldice v. City of Pittsburgh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 133 and 134, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, and the City of Pittsburgh and Joseph Gf. Armstrong, defendants, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1915, No. 1348, on bill in equity for an injunction, in case of Charles A. Schuldice, a Taxpayer of the City of Pittsburgh, v. The City of Pittsburgh, a Municipal Corporation of Pennsylvania, and Joseph G. Armstrong, Mayor, Appellants, and E. S. Morris, City Controller of said city.
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Appeals, Nos. 133 and 134, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, and the City of Pittsburgh and Joseph Gf. Armstrong, defendants, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1915, No. 1348, on bill in equity for an injunction, in case of Charles A. Schuldice, a Taxpayer of the City of Pittsburgh, v. The City of Pittsburgh, a Municipal Corporation of Pennsylvania, and Joseph G. Armstrong, Mayor, Appellants, and E. S. Morris, City Controller of said city. Bill in equity to enjoin a municipality from issuing bonds. Exceptions to the report of J. B. Eichenauer, referee, Before Swearingen, J. The opinion…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This was a bill in equity filed by plaintiff, as a taxpayer and resident of Pittsburgh, against the City of Pittsburgh, Joseph G. Armstrong, its mayor, and E. S. Morrow, city controller, to restrain the issue of four series of bonds, which were authorized without submitting the matter to a vote of the people. The ordinances, in question, provided for the issue of bonds, as follows:
1. Bonds to the amount of $2,760,000, designated “Funding Bonds 1911,” authorized' by Ordinance No. 389, approved November 11, 1911, which bonds were to be issued to fund a then existing…
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