Monroe County v. Strong

Citations

• 78 Miss. 565

Syllabus

<p>1. Board op Supervisors. Courts.</p> <p>The courts will not interfere with a board of supervisors in the exercise of the jurisdiction committed to it by law on the sole ground that its action is unwise or not conducive to public interest.</p> <p>2. Same. Extraordinary cxpenditv/res. History of legislation, constitutional and statutory. Constitution 1869, art. 6, seo. 30. Ib., art. 12, sec. 16. Constitution 1890, sec. 80. Ib., sec. 170. Code 1892, $ 322. Ib., <j?311, 312, 313.</p> <p>A board of supervisors, without proceedings under code 1892, jig 311, 313, and 313, providing for the issuance of bonds and loan warrants, cannot lawfully contract for an extraordinary expenditure, if the contract will inevitably create a debt which, added to the necessary current expenses of the county, will largely exceed all possible revenues on the basis of a maximum levy of taxes.</p> <p>3. Appeal. Board of supervisors. Code 1893, g 79.</p> <p>The appeal provided by code 1893, g 79, from the board of supervisors to the circuit court,, can be prosecuted without bond.</p>