Rohde v. City of Newport

Opinion oe the Court by

Judge Willis

Reversing.

Newport is a city of the second class operating under the commission form of government. The board of commissioners, in April, 1932, adopted an ordinance to authorize the funding of an indebtedness of $125,-000 evidenced by notes, judgments, and claims against the city. The ordinance was regular in form and strictly in accordance with the statutes regulating the subject-matter. Before the bonds were issued, and on the day before chapter 22 of the Acts of 1932 became effective, R. J. Rohde, a taxpayer of the city, sued to obtain a declaration of…