Harper v. City Council of Richmond

Under the Public Finance Act, Code §§ 15.1-170 to -227, provisions are made for judicial determination of the legality of all proceedings taken by the governing body of a political subdivision in connection with the authorization or issuance of bonds. See §§ 15.1-213 to -221. In this appeal, we review the trial court’s ruling that a municipality’s procedure for the issuance of general obligation bonds was valid.

In the fall of 1977, appellee City Council of the City of Richmond decided to include a new category, Downtown Redevelopment Program, in its program of proposed capital improvement…