FARRISH-STAFFORD CO. v. LEXINGTON COUNTY

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.