Austin v. Snodgrass
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County; W. W. Haralson, Judge. Bill of D. O. Austin against the Town of Scottsboro, J. D. Snodgrass, as Mayor, and others as councilmen thereof. Decree for respondents, and complainant appeals. This is a taxpayer’s suit in equity to enjoin the issuance and sale of municipal bonds.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County; W. W. Haralson, Judge. Bill of D. O. Austin against the Town of Scottsboro, J. D. Snodgrass, as Mayor, and others as councilmen thereof. Decree for respondents, and complainant appeals. This is a taxpayer’s suit in equity to enjoin the issuance and sale of municipal bonds. The bill shows that the town council of Scottsboro, by proper ordinance, submitted to the qualified electors of the town the proposition to issue $25,000 5 per cent., 20-year bonds of the town of Scottsboro for the erection and equipment of a county high school .building in…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
The bill of complaint is designed to test the validity of a bond issue by the town of Scottsboro for the erection and equipment of a county high school building.
Section 225 of the Constitution, so far as it is here pertinent, is as follows:
“No city, town, or other municipal corporation having a population of less than, six thousand, except as hereafter provided, shall become indebted in an amount including present indebtedness, exceeding five per centum of the assessed value of the property therein, except for the construction of or purchase of water works, gas, or electric lighting plants,…
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