Board of Education v. McLean

Citations

• 106 F. 817
• 45 C.C.A. 658
• 1901 U.S. App. LEXIS 3626

Syllabus

<p>1. Particular Recital Limits Following General Terms.</p> <p>Where general words follow a particular recital, the former are qualified and limited by the specific recital.</p> <p>2. “General Improvements, ” Following “the Purchasing of School-House Sites, the Erection of School Buildings, and, ” is Limited Thereto.</p> <p>Whore a legislative act authorizes the issue of bonds for the purchasing of school-house sites, and the erection of school buildings, a recital therein that the bonds are issued “for the purchasing of school-house sites, the erection of school buildings, and general improvements,” is no notice to a purchaser that they were issued for ¡my other purpose than the purchasing of the sites and the erection of the buildings, but the term “general improvements” is qualified and restricted to the preceding particular recital of the purpose of the issue.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>