Lakeside School Dist. of Chicot County v. Gaines

I cannot agree with my associates in holding, as I think they do, that this court has a right to construe amendment No. 11 as authorizing the voting of a tax to pay this indebtedness, although the constitution does not so provide.

The decree in this case was originally affirmed and I wrote an opinion which was approved by a majority of this court. The court afterwards, however, concluded that it should be reversed, to which conclusion I do not agree.

I submit, therefore, my original opinion as my dissenting opinion in this case. The opinion is as follows:

This is a suit by a taxpayer, instituted…