Elliott v. Gammon
Supreme Court of Georgia
County Matters. Roads and Bridges. Floyd County. Constitutional Law. Elections. Before Judge Branham. Floyd County. At Chambers. April 24, 1886. ' Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
James M. Elliott applied by bill in equity to the judge of the superior court of the county of Floyd, holding and *767exercising chancery powers, for a writ of injunction against the commissioners of roads and revenues of that county, to prohibit them from incurring a debe in coupon bonds of $40,000 in order to re-build certain bridges swept away by the recent flood. The chancellor refused the writ of injunction, and error is assigned on that refusal.
The allegations, are that the bridges are necessary, and ought to be re-built, but that the proper course to raise .the money…
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