Legal Opinion
Alter v. City of Cincinnati
Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County
Decided July 1, 1897Published
Opinion of the court upon demurrer to petition.
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
This action is instituted by Franklin Alter, a tax-payer, against the City of Cincinnati and its Board of Commissioners of Water Works, to restrain a $250,000 issue of bonds contemplated by the latter, under the provisions of an act of legislature, known as the Water-Works Act. (92 O. L., 606 et seq.,) (The court here read the petition.)
The cause is submitted upon a demurrer, interposed by the defendants, to the petition.
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