Boyd v. Board of Council
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 22 — Action by M. E. Boyd and Othebs against the Bgabd of 'Council of the City of Frankfort fob an Injunction to Prevent the Enforcement of an Ordinance. APPEAL FROM FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiffs Appeal.
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Case 22 — Action by M. E. Boyd and Othebs against the Bgabd of 'Council of the City of Frankfort fob an Injunction to Prevent the Enforcement of an Ordinance. APPEAL FROM FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiffs Appeal. The issues tendered in this suit arise on the following ordinance of the city of Frankfort: “That if any person or persons shall proceed to. erect any structure or building within the city limits, without the consent of the city council, and said structure or building (when used for the purpose for which it is designed and intended) would be greatly…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE SETTLE
Reversing.
This action was instituted and an injunction obtained by the appellants for the purpose of preventing the enforcement by the appellees, city of Frankfort, its officers and agents, of an alleged void ordinance, and incidentally for the further purpose of restraining certain prosecutions then pending in the police court against the appellants, as well as others of a like kind with which they were threatened, all for alleged violations of the ordinance in question. It is, in substance, *203averred in the petition: That the appellants are residents and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- St. James' Church v. ArringtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1860
- Pfingst v. SennCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1893
- South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Co. v. BerryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1892
- City of Newport v. Newport & Cincinnati Bridge Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Darlington v. Board of Councilmen of FrankfortCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
- Kilgour v. GrattoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Hays v. City of Poplar BluffSupreme Court of Missouri · 1915
- City of Monticello v. BatesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- L. D. Pearson & Son v. BonnieCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
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