Davis v. City of Newport

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Wheeler

Affirming.

On April 9, 1928, the appellant Edward J. Davis, a citizen taxpayer of the city of Newport, a city of the second class, filed his petition in the circuit court of Campbell county asking that the appellees be enjoined from issuing and selling $100,000 bonds of said city.

Demurrer was filed by the appellees to the petition and same sustained by the court. Appellant failing to further plead, the petition was dismissed and he prosecutes this appeal. The city of Newport conducts its governmental affairs under what is commonly known as “commission…