Ampt v. City of Cincinnati

1. Suit is brought by the plaintiff, in his capacity of tax-payer under the statute (Section 1778) in that behalf, to restrain operation of a contract entered into by and between the “Board of Trustees, Commissioners of Water Works,” in behalf of the city of Cincinnati, on the one part, and the Cincinnati, Georgetown & Portsmouth Railroad Company, on the other, on December 10, 1901.

For the sake of brevity, a detailed recital of the pleadings, and the documentary and other evidence submitted in the cause, and the many points made in the very able arguments of counsel, being unnecessary, only…