Bacot v. Board of Sup'rs
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Hinds'county. I-Ion. Y. J. Stbigkhr, Chancellor. Proceeding between B. F. Bacot and others and board of supervisors of Hinds county. Dtecree for the latter, and the former appeal. This is an appeal by an intervening- taxpayer from a decree of the court below in a proceeding- authorized by chapter 28, Laws Ex.
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Appeal from chancery court of Hinds'county. I-Ion. Y. J. Stbigkhr, Chancellor. Proceeding between B. F. Bacot and others and board of supervisors of Hinds county. Dtecree for the latter, and the former appeal. This is an appeal by an intervening- taxpayer from a decree of the court below in a proceeding- authorized by chapter 28, Laws Ex. Sess. 1917, validating an issue of one million dollars of county road bonds authorized by a majority of the qualified electors of Hinds county at an election held on October 1', 1920. The proceedings for the issuance of these bonds were in accordance with…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
(After stating the facts as above). The questions presented for decision are :(1) Is chapter 28, Laws Ex. Sess. 1917, a valid statute?(2) Can the bonds be issued, although a majority of the qualified electors of the two separate road districts have not consented thereto?
Except in so far as the Constitution may otherwise provide, the legislature has full power to provide both for the issuance of bonds by municipalities, counties, and other public bodies of like character, and for the validation before their issuance of bonds proposed to be issued by such bodies without authority so to do, so…
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- Rosenstock v. Board of Sup'rsMississippi Supreme Court · 1920
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