City of Murray v. Irvan

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Miller—

Affirming.

Murray, in Calloway county, is a city of the fourth class. By an ordinance adopted March 15th, 1916, its general council called an election to be held May 20th, 1916, for the purpose of determining whether the city should increase its present indebtedness in the sum of $20,000.00 for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a municipal electric light and power plant.

Contending that an election' of this character could legally be held only upon the general election day in November, the appellees, taxpayers of the city, brought this…