Johnson, City Comptroller v. Lenz

Appellee brought this action to enjoin appellants from going forward with certain public work, upon the ground that the ordinance making the appropriation therefor is void. There was a trial, and special findings of fact and conclusions of law, and judgment as prayed. Error is assigned upon exceptions to the conclusions of law.

On the 3rd day of April, 1933, the common council of the city of Gary adopted an ordinance which, after declaring in the preamble that $15,000 had been appropriated in the budget ordinance for the year 1933, for defraying election expenses, and that the elections had…