City of Hopkinsville v. Wheeler

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Stites

— Affirming.

This is a companion case to W. R. Wheeler, etc., v. City of Hopkinsville, 269 Ky. 289, 106 S. W. (2d) 1016, this day decided. In August, 1915, the city council of the City of Hopkinsville adopted an ordinance calling- for an election on the question of whether or not the city should be authorized to incur'an indebtedness and issue 5 per cent, bonds in the amount of $100,000 to be used in the construction of various schools. The issuance of these bonds was approved by the voters. On January 1, 1936, when the bonds matured, there was a shortage of…