State ex rel. Boynton v. Charles

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This is an original proceeding to compel the mayor and council of the city of Hugoton to enact an ordinance repealing one previously passed, relating to the furnishing of gas to the city and its inhabitants, or to submit the matter to a vote of the electors.

A controversy has arisen between the governing body of the city of Hugoton and a number of its citizens as to whether the city shall erect and equip a municipal gas plant for which the city would issue bonds in the sum of $28,000, or whether the city shall enter into a contract with…