City of Fairfield v. Jemison

HARWOOD, Justice.

In May 1966, the Council of the City of Fairfield passed a resolution authorizing the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce to have paved the Plaza in downtown Fair-field, at no expense to the City of Fair-field.

The question of the validity of the Council’s action having arisen, the City of Fair-field brought a declaratory action to have the question determined.

Named as respondents were Robert Jemison, Jr., as representative of the owners of any property of the Fairfield Land Company at the time of its dissolution, and Joseph J. Trucks, and Henry Hardy, as representatives of those…