Hugger v. City of Ironton

The city of Ironton, having a “city-manager plan” of government, by ordinance duly adopted, sold, executed and delivered to the United' States Department of Agriculture, Forestry Service,, an 8.4-acre tract of unimproved land for the nominal sum of $10. In addition to the consideration mentioned in the deed, it is claimed by the city, as shown by the record, that the purchaser is to furnish fire protection to a large area of forest land adjacent to and ■within the corporate limits of the city. And there is the further consideration that a building is to be erected on the premises sold of…