Rice v. City of Pineville

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

This is an action by a citizen and taxpayer to enjoin the city of Pineville and its officers from issuing $13,000 of refunding bonds. A demurrer was sustained to the petition, and this appeal by the plaintiff challenges that ruling.

The petition alleges that the proposed bond issue is for the purpose of refunding the unpaid portion of a larger indebtedness, created prior to the adoption of the present Constitution, and under an act'of the General Assembly which became a law on the 14th of February, 1818.

The validity of the original indebtedness is…