Stewart v. Wakefield

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This is the fourth action instituted by citizens, property owners, taxpayers, parents and children in Giles County, attempting to block a public school bond issue authorized pursuant to T.C.A. §§ 49-701 et seq. In this, as in the previous suits, it is insisted that the Quarterly County Court may not issue bonds such as those in question without a referendum.

This contention has been repeatedly rejected by this Court. In the case of Wilds v. Coggins, 496 S.W.2d 460 (Tenn.1973), the exact contentions made by the plaintiffs in these suits were rejected on their merits.…