Smith v. City of Parkersburg

KenNa, Judge:

This proceeding was- instituted in the Circuit Court of Wood County by Frank S. Smith against the City of Parkersburg, its mayor, and the four members of its City Council for the sole purpose of enjoining the municipal authorities of that city from issuing municipal bonds under the authority conferred upon municipalities by Chapter 68 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1935.

The bill of complaint was filed on the second day of October, 1940, the trial chancellor taking time to consider until October 14th, when the parties appeared before him and the defendants tendered their…