Allison v. City of Chester
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Hancock County. Bill by Charles F. Allison and others against City of Chester and others. Decree for defendants, and plaintiffs’ appeal!
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
The decree appealed from, dissolving the preliminary imjunc*534tion and dismissing plaintiffs’ bill, presents for decision a single question, a question of constitutional limitation.
Amendatory of a prior ordinance of November 20, 1903, the Council of the City of Chester, on November 4, 1909, adopted an ordinance reciting the passage of the former ordinance by which it had contracted with the South Side Water Works Company for a supply of water for extinguishing' fires, and for other purposes, and since which time the growth of the city had been such as to require the laying of a…
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