Johnson v. Middleton, County Judge

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

E. B. Johnson, a citizen and taxpayer of McCracken county, brought this suit against W. A. Middleton, county judge, and G-. R. Davis and others, county commissioners, to enjoin a bond issue of $185,000. The chancellor upheld the validity of the bonds and denied the relief prayed. Johnson appeals.

The chancellor found that the indebtedness which it was proposed to fund was a valid floating indebtedness of the county. That being true, it has to be paid at all hazards, and the substitution of bonds therefor does not add to the indebtedness, but merely…