Stone Ex Rel. Village of Manchester v. Osborn

June 8, 1926, the council of the village of Manchester, Ohio, passed an ordinance directing the board of trustees of public affairs to lease the real estate and sell the personal property belonging to and used in the operation of the municipal electric light plant of the village and to grant a franchise to the purchaser and lessee thereof to enable him to operate the same. The sale was made and the lease entered into on August 28, 1926. June 30, 1926, the plaintiffs, who are taxpayers of Manchester, brought this suit to enjoin the defendants, the mayor, clerk, treasurer and board of trustees…