Lewis v. Town of Brandenburg
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 3 — EQUITY 1. The power of appointing the trustees of the town of Brandenburg was in the county judge and not in the county court. Act March 19, 1894. This act repealed the act of March 16, 1894. 2. Section 3665 of the Kentucky Statutes is unconstitutional. Con. Sec. 27; Dillon on Mun. Corp., Sec. 9; Beach Pub. Corp., vol. 1, Sec. 80; Cooley on Const. Lim.
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Case 3 — EQUITY 1. The power of appointing the trustees of the town of Brandenburg was in the county judge and not in the county court. Act March 19, 1894. This act repealed the act of March 16, 1894. 2. Section 3665 of the Kentucky Statutes is unconstitutional. Con. Sec. 27; Dillon on Mun. Corp., Sec. 9; Beach Pub. Corp., vol. 1, Sec. 80; Cooley on Const. Lim. (4th ed.) 232; Stone v. Charles-town, 114 Mass., 220; People v. Bennett, 29 Mich., 451; Laramie County v. Albany County, 92 U. S., 307; Meriwether v. Garrett, 102 U. S., 472; Forsythe v. City of Hammond, 71 Fed. Rep., 443; Hides v.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE DuRELLE
delivered the opinion of the court.
In 1896 the trustees of the town of Brandenburg passed an ordinance reciting that it was desirable and necessary to extend the boundary of the town on the east, north and west so as to include a described boundary of land, and declaring that the trustees proposed to annex such described boundary, which ordinance was adopted and published in accordance with section 3664, Kentucky Statutes. Within thirty days from the adoption of the ordinance, the appellant, who was a resident and freeholder of the territory proposed to be annexed, as permitted…
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