City of Lexington v. Home Construction Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 2—Action by J. A. Barlow and Another against the City of Lexington, the Home Construction Company and others, to test the Validity of an Ordinance APPEAL FROM FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment Dismissing Petition and tiie City of Lexington Appeals.
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Case 2—Action by J. A. Barlow and Another against the City of Lexington, the Home Construction Company and others, to test the Validity of an Ordinance APPEAL FROM FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment Dismissing Petition and tiie City of Lexington Appeals. J. A. Barlow, as a taxpayer and as a representative of all other taxpayers, sought to enjoin the general council, the City ■of Lexington, the mayor and the city solicitor from making a contract with the Home Construction Company for a term of four years, for spreading cracked rock, etc., on the streets of Lexington. This controversy began in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the cotjbt by
JUDGE WHITE
Dismissing the Appeai,.
This action was brought by J. A. Barlow and another, citizens ’and taxpayers of Lexington, seeking to test the *73validity of an ordinance or resolution passed by the general Gouncil awarding a contract with the appellee, Home Construction Company. The city of Lexington, the Home Construction Company, the members of the general council, and the mayor and the city solicitor, were all made parties defendant. The action was filed July, 1899, within a few days after the ordinance or resolution was passed, and its validity is questioned for…
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