Ex parte City of Paducah
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 61 — EXPARTE PROCEEDINGS BY CITY OF PADUCAH TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF AN ORDINANCE. Appeal from McCracken Circuit Court. W. M. Reed, Circuit Judge. From the judgment the city appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES CITED. 1. The sufficiency of the title of the act of the Legislature as to the subject matter of the act. (Kentucky Statutes, section 3140; Kentucky Constitution, section 51; Pennington'v. Woolfolk, 79 Ky., 13; Humboldt Bldg. Assn.
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CASE 61 — EXPARTE PROCEEDINGS BY CITY OF PADUCAH TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF AN ORDINANCE. Appeal from McCracken Circuit Court. W. M. Reed, Circuit Judge. From the judgment the city appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES CITED. 1. The sufficiency of the title of the act of the Legislature as to the subject matter of the act. (Kentucky Statutes, section 3140; Kentucky Constitution, section 51; Pennington'v. Woolfolk, 79 Ky., 13; Humboldt Bldg. Assn. Co., of Cincinnati; Ohio v. Ducker’s Ex’or., et al., 82 S. W., 969; Constitution of 1850, section 37, article 2.) 2. Whether the right of local…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
John D. Carroll, Commissioner
Affirming.
Paducah is a city of the second class. In April, 1906, its general council enacted an ordinance providing that "from and after the passage, approval, and publication of this ordinance the number of the Paducah police force shall not exceed 18 men; hut there shall he in addition thereto one chief of police, one captain of police, one lieutenant of police.” Pur*513suan.t to this ordinance, the police force was reduced to the required number. At its session of 1906, the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Kentucky amended section 3140…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People ex rel. Board of Park Commissioners v. Common CouncilMichigan Supreme Court · 1873
- Mayor of Americus v. PerrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- City of Lexington v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1902
- Pennington v. WoolfolkCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1880
- City of Newport v. HortonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1900
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Board of Penitentiary Commissioners v. SpencerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- Board of Trustees of Policemen's Pension Fund v. SchuppCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Hatcher, SEC. of State v. Meredith, Atty. Gen.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1943
- Board of Trustees of P. & FRF v. City of PaducahCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960
- Edrington v. PayneCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
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