Meyer v. City of Cleveland

On August 20, 1928, the council of the city of Cleveland passed a resolution declaring the necessity of constructing a “fireproof stadium on the lake front,” and directed that the question of the issuance of bonds in the amount of $2,500,000 for that purpose be submitted to the voters at the election on November 6, 1928. At that election the voters, by a vote of 112,000 to 77,000, in round numbers, approved the proposition. The bonds were sold and the proceeds are in the treasury.

The city of Cleveland proposes to construct the stadium on the water front directly north of the new court house.…