Belknap v. City of Louisville
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 74 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CHANCERY DIVISION, I. The submission of the question whether the bonds should or should not be issued was not necessarily had at the regular November election,' as it might have been done at any other time by1 proper notice.
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Case 74 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CHANCERY DIVISION, I. The submission of the question whether the bonds should or should not be issued was not necessarily had at the regular November election,' as it might have been done at any other time by1 proper notice. (Fidelity Trust and Safety Vault Co. v. City of Morganfield, 96 Ky. 564.)° And, therefore, the election “held for that purpose,” under the provisions of section 157 of the Constitution, although held on the regular1 election day in November at which officers were elected, was a separate and distinct election,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE Dir RELLB
dec.iveb-ed the opinion oe the coukt.
This suit was brought for an injunction to restrain the city of Louisville from issuing a million dollars of bonds for park purposes. . There were two grounds alleged for the injunction — the first and main ground urged being that at the election of November 6, 1894, the question of the issue of bonds was submitted to the voters of the city, and that the proposition to issue did not receive the assent of two-thirds of the voters thereof, within the meaning of section 157 of the Constitution and section 2854 of the Kentucky Statutes.
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