Dupont v. City of Pittsburgh

ACHESON, Circuit Judge.

The main object of this bill is to restrain the city of Pittsburgh and its mayor' and controller from executing and issuing any bonds of the city under—First, certain ordinances, enacted on January 14, 1895, providing- for the submission to the electors of the city of questions of increasing the indebtedness of the city for designated purposes; second, an election in pursuance of those ordinances, held on February 19, 1895; and, third, an ordinance enacted on April 23, 1895, authorizing an issue of bonds to the amount in all of §4,750,OOP, agreeably to the vote of the…