The Farrish-Stafford Co.
v.
Lexington County.
v.
Lexington County.
Mar 31, 1915.
Mr. J.B. Wingard , for appellant, submits: County board cannot contract debts beyond means furnished: Civil Code, secs. 676, 994; Criminal Code, 532. Act of 1913 does not validate claims, but merely authorized the Courts to determine their status .
Mr. C.M. Efird , also for appellant, cites: 13 S.C. 262 ; 26 S.C. 192 , 196 ; 92 S.C. 329 , 335 .
Mr. B.L. Abney , for respondent, submits: Warrants evidence as vouchers and admissions by county officers that services were rendered to the county: 10 S.C. 149 ; 18 S.C. 249 , 250 . This proceeding is to establish the claims in Court: 18 S.C. 135 . Presumption that officers acted in good faith: 10 S.C. 141 , 153 ; 73 S.C. 83 ; 6 Ann. Cas. 754; 4 L.R.A. (N.S.) 746; 129 Ga. 801 ; 60 S.E. 149 ; 15 L.R.A. (N.S.) 567, and note. Statutory liabilities of county: 18 S.C. 251 , 252 ; XXVIII Stat. 245. Constitutional:
Const., art. IX, sec. 6.
Watts.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
For the reasons stated by his tlonor, Judge DeVore, in his Circuit decree, it is the judgment of this Court that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed.