80 Ga. 755 | Ga. | 1888
Reid filed his bill against the mayor and council of Eatonton, alleging that he was a citizen of that town and a fax-payer thereof; that under an act of the legislature, approved October 24th, 1887, an election had been held in that town to determine whether certain bonds provided for in the act should be issued for the purpose of building school-houses for the white and colored people of said town; that the result of the election had been declared to be in favor of issuing the bonds ; that as provided in the act, the trustees of the white and colored schools had agreed in writing to the proportion to be received by each school; and that the amount agreed to be received by the colored school from the sale of the bonds did not, and under the act could not, exceed the pro rata of taxes paid into the
Judgment affirmed.