Butts County v. Jackson Banking Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Pendleton. Butts superior court. May 21, 1907. • This was a petition by the Jackson Banking Company, a corporation, against Butts Count}, the county commissioners, and the treasurer of the county, for injunction and other relief.
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Injunction. Before Judge Pendleton. Butts superior court. May 21, 1907. • This was a petition by the Jackson Banking Company, a corporation, against Butts Count}, the county commissioners, and the treasurer of the county, for injunction and other relief. In the petition it was alleged, that the Jackson Banking Company (hereafter called the bank) loaned to the county, at different dates between February and October, 1906, certain sums of money, and these loans were evidenced by notes, copies of which were set out. The money was borrowed for the purpose of providing present funds for the…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
1, 2. The liability of the county on the notes is predicated on the theory that the governing officials of a county, in the county’s behalf, might lawfully contract for a loan of money to be used in defraying current expenses in anticipation of the collection of the annual county taxes. Is this financial policy forbidden by the fundamental or statute law of this State? Article 7, paragraph 7, section 1, of the constitution is as follows: “The debt hereafter incurred by any county, municipal corporation, or political division of this State, except as in this constitution provided for, shall…
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