Board of Education, Rich County School Dist. v. Passey

WOLFE, Chief Justice.

This is an original proceeding to compel the defendant, clerk of the Board of Education of the Rich County School District, to sign certain school building bonds in the amount of $185,000 which are sought to be sold by the Board. The defendant’s refusal to sign the bonds is predicated upon his belief that their sale would incur an indebtedness on the part of the School District in excess of its constitutional debt limitation. The sole question for our determination is whether the debt limitation imposed upon school districts by Article XIV, Section 4 of the Constitution…