Brown v. Board of Education
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 104 — Action fob an Injunction APPEAL FROM CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. CL. The appellant is not questioning the right of appellee to fund a lawful debt by issuing bonds; he is attempting to prevent the appellee from becoming indebted in the year 1900 to an amount exceeding the income and revenue provided for that year, without the assent of two-thirds of the voters. City Council v. Powell, 16 Ky.
Read the full summary
Case 104 — Action fob an Injunction APPEAL FROM CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. CL. The appellant is not questioning the right of appellee to fund a lawful debt by issuing bonds; he is attempting to prevent the appellee from becoming indebted in the year 1900 to an amount exceeding the income and revenue provided for that year, without the assent of two-thirds of the voters. City Council v. Powell, 16 Ky. Law Rep., 174; Com. v. L. & N. R. R. Co., 20 Ky. Law Rep., 1127; Ky. Constitution, secs, 157-184, 183, 185, 162; Dillon on Corporations (4th ed.), sec.…
1Opinion of the Court
*784Opinion of the court by
JUDGE DuRiELLE
Reversing.
This suit is brought to determine whether the board of education of a city of the second class has authority to become indebted in excess of its income for the year in which the indebtedness is created, and to issue bonds to fund such indebtedness without a submission of the question to a vote of the people. The law relating to the boards of education in cities of the second class is found in sections 3212-3285, Kentucky Statutes, and it is claimed on behalf of appellee that the Legislature -granted to the board power to contract debts by the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City Council v. PowellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1894
- Commonwealth v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
3Cited by19 opinions
- Fannin v. WilliamsKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
- Hanson v. City of CrescoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- County Board of Education v. DurhamCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
- Southern Bitulithic Co. v. DeTrevilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- Griffin v. Clay CountyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
14 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.