Roberts v. City of Louisville
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 18 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL EROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. 1. The wharf property in question is public and not corporate property, and, without express legislative sanction, the city authorities can not legally sell, convpy or lease it, or any part of it.
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Case 18 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL EROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. 1. The wharf property in question is public and not corporate property, and, without express legislative sanction, the city authorities can not legally sell, convpy or lease it, or any part of it. (City of Louisville v. Bank of United States, 3 B. M., 167; Lord v. Scinto, 47"Wis., 387; Matthews v. Alexandria, 68 Mo., 119; Mullarky v. Cedar Palls, 19 Iowa, 25; Gah v. Kalamazoo, 23 Mich., 353; Merriwether v. Garrett, 102 U. S., 472; Alves v. Henderson, 16 B. M., 16S; Dillon on Mun. Corp., sec. 445; Augusta v. Perkins, 3 B. M.,…
1Opinion of the Court
-JUDGE LEWIS
DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT.
There was introduced in the General Council of the City of Louisville, referred to a joint committee of the Board of Aldermen and Board of Couneilmen, and a report agreed by a majority of that committee to be made in favor of passage of the following ordinance : “ That the Mayor be, and he is hereby authorized to convey by ■deed of special warranty to the Commissioners of the ■Sinking Eund of the City of Louisville, all of the real property fronting on the Ohio river, acquired and held by the city for wharf purposes; said commissioners are to…
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- Oliver v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- The People Ex Rel. Negus v. . DwyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
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- City of Louisville v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1864
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