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30 S.C. 31

Whitesides v. Neely

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided November 30, 1888

Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1888-11-30

This was a controversy submitted without action in the original jurisdiction of this court, inquiring whether the defendant, count}' treasurer of York County, should be enjoined from paying out moneys collected by him to pay interest on bonds issued in behalf of Cherokee Township of that county in aid of' the Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad Company, under the act of December 19, 1883 (18 Stat., 367), the plaintiff being a tax payer of Cherokee Township.

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently April 1924

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Decided 1888-11-30

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¶1The opinion of the court, signed by the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Mclver, was delivered

Per Curiam.

¶2This was a controversy without action and submitted under an agreed statement of facts, in the original jurisdiction of this court.

¶3It involves the same question as that recently determined in the case of Jefferson Floyd et al. v. J. Wardlaw Perrin, Treasurer, ante 1, to wit: the constitutionality of a township subscription to a railroad. We think that the case of Floyd et al. v. Perrin controls this case. It is therefore only necessary here to refer to that case as authority for our finding, that the bonds in question here are “invalid, unauthorized, and void,” “and are not valid subsisting obligations of Cherokee Township, York County.” In pursuance of this finding,

¶4It is ordered and adjudged, that the defendant, IT. A. D. Neely, as county treasurer of York County, be perpetually enjoined and restrained from paying out any of the moneys now held by him under the levy mentioned in the proceedings, in payment of either interest or principal upon any bond issued by the county commissioners of York County for and on behalf of Cherokee Township, as a subscription to said railroad company, to wit, the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company.

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