Note and Comment

Authors

Gordon Stoner, University of Michigan Law School
Grover C. Grismore, University of Michigan Law School
Stanley E. Gifford, University of Michigan Law School
Stuart S. Wall, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

What is a Public Purpose Justifying the Expenditure Therefore of Money Raised From Taxation - A recent Ohio case raises a question which is frequently discussed in connection with the activities of cities, i. e., 'what is a municipal or public purpose for the accomplishment of which city funds raised from taxation may be expended. The council of the city of Toledo passed an ordinance authorizing the expenditure of $1000 for the purpose of establishing a municipal moving-picture theater. The auditor refused to pay over to the director of public service the fund thus appropriated and mandamus was sought by the city to compel him to do so. The auditor gave as the reasons for his refusal (I) that the provision of the Constitution relating to local government for municipalities was not then effective in Toledo and (2) that neither the Constitution nor the statutes of Ohio gave authority to municipalities to establish a moving-picture theater.

Recommended Citation

Gordon Stoner, Grover C. Grismore, Stanley E. Gifford & Stuart S. Wall, Note and Comment, 12 Mich. L. Rev. 132 (1913).
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