Cook v. Shackleford

The appellee brought this suit in the Pulaski County Chancery Court alleging that during the years 1931 and 1932 the then county judges unlawfully contracted debts against the county which could not ho paid under the provisions of Amendment No. 10 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas because said contracts and indebtedness were in excess of the revenues for the years in which the contracts were made. It was alleged in the complaint that the contracts were void.

Apioellants filed answer admitting the facts stated in the complaint, but denied that the contracts and indebtedness upon…