[DOWNLOAD] "Rappaport v. Department Public Health and" by Supreme Court Of Indiana ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Rappaport v. Department Public Health and
- Author : Supreme Court Of Indiana
- Release Date : January 05, 1949
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 78 KB
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This action was brought by the appellant, a taxpayer in the City of Indianapolis, for himself and in behalf of others similarly situated. The defendants were the Department of Public Health and Hospitals of the City of Indianapolis, and five individuals, constituting the Board of Public Health and Hospitals of the City of Indianapolis, and the secretary of such board. The appellees, acting pursuant to ch. 200 of the Acts of 1945, as amended by ch. 323 of the Acts of 1947 (§ 48-8401, et seq., Burns 1933), had taken the preliminary steps to build additions and improvements to the Indianapolis City Hospital and to issue $2,600,000 of bonds to defray the cost of these new facilities. The purpose of the action was to enjoin the appellees from letting contracts for, or issuing bonds to defray the cost of, such additions and improvements. Appellant contends that the issuance of such bonds will constitute an evasion of the debt limitation imposed upon the City of Indianapolis by Art. 13 of the Constitution of Indiana, which reads as follows: