Hardin v. City of St. Matthews

CULLEN, Commissioner.

This appeal is another instalment in the continued story of litigation concerning the governmental status of the populous area, commonly known as “St. Matthews,” which adjoins the City of Louisville on the east.

On March 22, 1950, an area consisting of three and one-half blocks of residential property in the St. Matthews community was incorporated as the City of St. Matthews, a sixth-class city, pursuant to a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court. On the evening of the same day, the board of trustees of the new city met in the home of one of its members and adopted an…