City of Lexington v. Seaton

LOWENSTEIN, Chief Judge.

The City of Lexington (“City”), operating a sewer treatment plant, sued the Defendants for unpaid sewer bills and received a money judgment of nearly $10,000. The charges were imposed on users by the City to pay off previously issued revenue bonds. The Defendants appealed the judgment on the grounds that 1) the sewer charge was not lawfully imposed because the City did not give proper notice of public hearings on the charge, 2) the underlying sewer bonds were unauthorized because the City’s bond issue had failed, 3) the failure of the election led to the sewer charges…