State ex rel. Dakota County v. Alexander

Lake, Ch. J.

In the answer of the respondents to the alternative writ, but two reasons are given for the refusal to comply with its command to register and certify the bonds in question. First. That the original issue, which these bonds are designed to replace, was in excess of the amount which the *281county was authorized to vote. Second. That the proposed issue has not been submitted to the voters, and is largely in excess of ten per cent of the assessed valuation of the taxable property of said county.

The question now presented is whether these reasons are sufficient to justify the defendants…