Russell v. Kentucky Utilities Company

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Stanley—

Affirming.

This case involves the right of a municipality by resolution, accepted by a street railway company, to change the terms of a franchise and permit the substitution of motorbusses for electrically operated street cars. The appeal is presented from a judgment sustaining a demurrer and dismissing the petition of appellant, suing for himself and other citizens and taxpayers of the -city of Paducah, against the city and appellee company, the owner of the franchise. No authority directly in point has been cited or found after extended research.

The…