Stovall v. Gartrell

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is a proceeding by a taxpayer for a declaration of rights and injunctive relief. The suit attacks the validity of a proposed constitutional amendment which provides a method of financing a veterans’ bonus. The purported amendment was approved by a majority vote in the last November election.

The Chancellor adjudged that the veteran members of the General Assembly had a personal interest in the subject matter forbidden by section 57 of the Constitution; by reason thereof the Act submitting the proposal was not validly passed; and no proper constitutional amendment was…