Cathcart v. City of Columbia

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

The plaintiff, a citizen and taxpayer of the City of Columbia, instituted these proceedings in the original jurisdiction of the Court for the purpose of having declared unconstitutional two Acts, No. 366 and No. 465, passed by the legislature at its 1933 session.

The following is disclosed by the pleadings and agreed statement of facts: The City of Columbia desires and proposes to erect a municipal stadium, without its corporate limits, on lands to be donated for that purpose by certain interested citizens. For the accomplishment of…