City of Newport v. Newport Light Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 24-PETITIONS EQUITY APPEALS PROM LOUISVILLE LAW AND EQUITY COURT. 1. It is a condition precedent to the validitjT of the ordinance in question in these cases, that it should have been passed, etc., in the mode prescribed by the charter of the city of Newport. A municipality can only be bound by contracts entered into in the mode pointed out by the act conferring upon them the power to contract.
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Case 24-PETITIONS EQUITY APPEALS PROM LOUISVILLE LAW AND EQUITY COURT. 1. It is a condition precedent to the validitjT of the ordinance in question in these cases, that it should have been passed, etc., in the mode prescribed by the charter of the city of Newport. A municipality can only be bound by contracts entered into in the mode pointed out by the act conferring upon them the power to contract. (Dillon on Municipal Corporations, second edition, section 373; Cray-craft v. Selvage &c., 10 Bush, 708: Averbeck, &c., v. Hall, 14 Bush, 505; Ormsby v. City of Louisville, 79 Ky., 197.) 2. The…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PBYOB
delivered the opinion of the court.
This litigation, is between the appellants, the City of Newport and the Dueber Light Company, on the one side, and the Newport Light Company on the other. The several actions were originally instituted in the Campbell Chancery Court, and transferred to the Louisville Chancery Court, and there heard and determined by the Vice Chancellor in favor of the Newport Light Company.
The Dueber Light Company filed its petition, alleging its existence as a corporation, created and organized under the provisions of chapter 56 of the General Statutes, and…
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