Tyler's v. Elizabethtown & Paducah Railroad
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 54 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. cited Charter of 1870 and Ordinances of the City of Louisville. Act of Incorporation of 1868, and amendments thereto of appellee. 3 Bush, 592, Griffin v. Insurance Company. 9B. Mon. 526, Talbott v. Dent. 2Met. 56, Maddox v. Graham. 2 Met. 171, Bullock, &c. v. Curry, &c. 3 Met. 140, W. & Mt. S. T. Co. v. Clarke County. 4 Bush, 154, Clay v. Nicholas County Court. 12 B. Mon. 144, Cov. & Lex.
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Case 54 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. cited Charter of 1870 and Ordinances of the City of Louisville. Act of Incorporation of 1868, and amendments thereto of appellee. 3 Bush, 592, Griffin v. Insurance Company. 9B. Mon. 526, Talbott v. Dent. 2Met. 56, Maddox v. Graham. 2 Met. 171, Bullock, &c. v. Curry, &c. 3 Met. 140, W. & Mt. S. T. Co. v. Clarke County. 4 Bush, 154, Clay v. Nicholas County Court. 12 B. Mon. 144, Cov. & Lex. R. R. Co. v. Kenton County. 22 Howard, 364, Aspinwall v. Board of Commissioners. 10 Wallace, 515, Railway Co. v. McClure. 11 B. Mon. 143,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LINDSAY
delivered the opinion of the court.
The sixth section of an amendment to the charter of the Elizabethtown & Paducah Railroad Company, approved February 24, 1868, provides “that whenever the city council of any city, or the board of trustees of any town, into or near to which it is proposed to construct said Elizabethtown & Paducah Railroad, or the general council of the city of .Louisville, shall be requested to do so, it shall be the duty of such city council or town trustees to submit to a vote of the qualified voters of such city or town, on a day to be designated by such…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shelby County Court v. Cumberland & Ohio RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1871
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- Courtney v. LouisvilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1876