Legal Opinion
City of Middlesboro v. Kentucky Utilities Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided December 20, 1940PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Stanley, Commissioner
Affirming.
The valdity of an issue of revenue bonds for the erection of a municipal electric distributing system and of a contract between the City of Middlesboro and the Tennessee Valley Authority to supply the city with electricity for 20 years are the questions before the court. The power of the City to make the contract and the manner in which it was executed are challenged by the appellees, the Kentucky Utilities Company who with two individual citizens have sued as taxpayers. The case is the latest of a series running over a period of nearly…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Lower Colorado River Authority v. McCrawTexas Supreme Court · 1935
- Overall v. City of MadisonvilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
- Aquamsi Land Co. v. City of Cape GirardeauSupreme Court of Missouri · 1940
- Estes v. State Highway CommissionCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
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3Cited by18 opinions
- American Airlines, Inc., Trans World Airlines, Inc., Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Louisville and Jefferson County Air BoardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
- Tennessee Valley Authority v. KinzerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
- Cawood v. Coleman, MayorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1943
- Board of Education v. Society of Alumni of Louisville Male High School, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1951
- Boyle v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1970
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