State ex rel. Bell v. Cummings
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hamilton County. — T. M. McConnell, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Ms. Justice Williams
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In 1909 the general assembly passed an act authorizing Hamilton county to issue bonds to an amount not exceeding $65,000, for the purpose of building a road across Lookout Mountain, in that county. Acts 1909, ch. 417. The bonds were shortly thereafter voted and sold, realizing $65,000. A commission was appointed to supervise the construction of that road, but for *568some reason tlie fund was allowed to remain in bank almost wholly unused.
The general assembly at its 1913 session passed an act amending the above act of 1909 so as “to provide…
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