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BRATCHER v. ASHLEY

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245 S.C. 421 (1965)

141 S.E.2d 109

Fred BRATCHER, S.S. Smith, E.E. Cowan, W.M. Tripp, J.W. Cowan, P.L. Black, on behalf of themselves as freeholders and taxpayers in the County of Anderson, State of South Carolina, and on behalf of all other persons in the County of Anderson similarly situated, Appellants, v. John T. ASHLEY et al., constituting the Board of Commissioners and the governing body of Anderson County, J.H. Saylors, et al., constituting the members of the Anderson Water Authority, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 8, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin A. Bridges, Esq., of Laurens, for Appellants.

Messrs. G. Ross Anderson, Jr., and E. Harry Agnew, of Anderson, for Respondents.

March 8, 1965.

TAYLOR, Chief Justice.

By this action plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of Act No. 1141 of 1964, 53 Stat. at L., p. 2550, which authorizes the County of Anderson to borrow from the State Sinking Fund $225,000.00 "for county purposes". In order to secure the repayment of that sum, "the full faith, credit and taxing power of Anderson County are irrevocably pledged". The Act also provides that...

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