Hawkins v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Carroll County. Hon. P. P. Bailey, Chancellor. This bill was exhibited by citizens and tax-payers to restrain the issuance and delivery of bonds of Carroll county, to the amount of $125,000, as a subscription to the capital stock of the Greenville, Columbus & Birmingham Railroad Company, and the levy and collection of taxes for the payment of said bonds.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Carroll County. Hon. P. P. Bailey, Chancellor. This bill was exhibited by citizens and tax-payers to restrain the issuance and delivery of bonds of Carroll county, to the amount of $125,000, as a subscription to the capital stock of the Greenville, Columbus & Birmingham Railroad Company, and the levy and collection of taxes for the payment of said bonds. The gravamen of the complaint is that the election, by virtue of which the bonds were about to be issued, is void for want of conformity to law, and that two-thirds of the qualified voters of Carroll county…
1Opinion of the CourtSlMRALL, J.
This bill was exhibited by the complainants, tax payers of Carroll county, to restrain the issuance and delivery of the bonds of Carroll county to the amount of $125,000 to the Greenville, Columbus and Birmingham Railroad Company. On the 3d of March, 1873, an application was made by D. A. Butterfield, president of the company to the board of supervisors, to submit to the electors of the county the proposition of making the subscription. On the *751same day the order of submission was made, a special election was appointed for the 1st of April thereafter. The election was accordingly held. On the…
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