Coddington v. Helbig

This suit for injunction was brought by eight taxpayers of Garrett County to restrain the Board of County Commissioners of Garrett County from expending certain borrowed money for the construction of two high school buildings, one near Oakland, the other in the locality known as the Cove, and from making any contracts or incurring any obligations for that purpose.

The bill of complaint recites that the County Commissioners were authorized by the Maryland Legislature in 1947 to borrow not more than $1,500,000, with which “to erect new high school and elementary school buildings and to improve…