Luther v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Proceeding for injunction in the original jurisdiction of this Court by R. L. Luther, J. B. Simpson, W. A. Moseley, J. P. Bowers, T. A. Dominick and J. D. Quattlebaum, vs. J. S. Wheeler, as intendant, and S. S. Birge, A. H. Hawkins, R. C. Counts and D. W. Boland, as wardens of the town of Prosperity, and Bank of Prosperity. cite: Taxpayer may enjoin municipal contract: 162 Ind., 173; 99 N. W., 611; 95 N. W., 135. Municipality oamm.ot ordinarily issue a negotiable note: 51…
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Proceeding for injunction in the original jurisdiction of this Court by R. L. Luther, J. B. Simpson, W. A. Moseley, J. P. Bowers, T. A. Dominick and J. D. Quattlebaum, vs. J. S. Wheeler, as intendant, and S. S. Birge, A. H. Hawkins, R. C. Counts and D. W. Boland, as wardens of the town of Prosperity, and Bank of Prosperity. cite: Taxpayer may enjoin municipal contract: 162 Ind., 173; 99 N. W., 611; 95 N. W., 135. Municipality oamm.ot ordinarily issue a negotiable note: 51 Fed., 185; 5 Dill., 165; Fed. Cases, sec. 5276; 138 U. S., 684; 144 U. S~ 86; 155 U. S., 518; 46 Fed., 901; 50 Fed., 56;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The plaintiffs, as resident taxpayers of the town of Prosperity, brought this action to enj oin the defendants, as intendant and wardens constituting the town council of that town, from paying a note for $1,000' given to- the Bank of Prosperity for money borrowed for the purpose of building a town hall, market and guardhouse. On the application of plaintiffs’ attorneys, his Honor, Chief Justice Pope, granted at chambers, on August 4, 1904, a temporary injunction, and required the defendants to show cause why it should not be made…
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