Ellingsworth v. Shacklette

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUDGE CLAY

Affirmrng.

Alleging that there were 242 legally qualified voters iii Jeffersontown, a city of the sixth class, and that the petitioners constituted 160 of that number and a great majority thereof, Joseph L. Ellingsworth and others filed their petition in the Jefferson `chancery court, second division, to dissolve the city's charter. The action resulted in a spirited contest which continued over a period of two years, during which numerous demurrers, motions, pleadings, amended pleadings and affidavits were filed, and many arguments heard on the questions…