Van Hess v. Board of Commissioners
Indiana Supreme Court
From St. Joseph. Superior Court; Chester R. Montgomery, Judge. Action by Leo Van Hess against the board of commissioners of St. Joseph county and others. From a judgment for defendants, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEwbank, J.
— This was an action by a taxpayer to enjoin the board of commissioners and other officers of St. Joseph county from issuing and selling bonds for the improvement of a highway about six and one-half miles long, at an expense of $210,000, under the “County Unit Road Law”' (Acts 1919 p. 531) and from levying and collecting taxes to pay such bonds and interest. The complaint was in two paragraphs, to each of which the trial court sustained a demurrer, to which ruling the appellant excepted'.
1,2. The first paragraph of the complaint was based upon the alleged unconstitutionality of the said…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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