Barbee v. Holbrook

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

This cause was instituted by appellants as plaintiffs in the court below seeking a declaratory judgment adjudicating that Chapter 64 of the Twenty-third Legislature, Second Regular Session, 1958 was unconstitutional and void. From an adverse judgment this appeal was perfected on the following stipulated facts :

In the fiscal year 1955-1956 defendants were the duly elected and qualified supervisors of the County of Santa Cruz, Arizona. In their official capacity they incurred and paid expenditures in excess of the county budget without first having obtained approval of the…