City of Moundsville v. Ohio R. R.
West Virginia Supreme Court
T. — Court erred in overruling defendant’s demurrer to original and. amended bills. — 34 Wis. 450; 2 High Inj. § 1248: 7 Paige 261; 35 W. Va. 433. II. — Court erred, in rendering final decree. — 35 "W. Va. 217; 1 Dill. Mun. Corp. § 422; Code (1891) c. 54, s. 22; Acts (1866) c. 60; Code (1868) c. 47, s. 25 ; 1 Dill. Mun.
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T. — Court erred in overruling defendant’s demurrer to original and. amended bills. — 34 Wis. 450; 2 High Inj. § 1248: 7 Paige 261; 35 W. Va. 433. II. — Court erred, in rendering final decree. — 35 "W. Va. 217; 1 Dill. Mun. Corp. § 422; Code (1891) c. 54, s. 22; Acts (1866) c. 60; Code (1868) c. 47, s. 25 ; 1 Dill. Mun. Corp. (4th Ed.) § 310; Id. 304; 70 Mo. 603; 76 Ill. 317; 18 W. Va. 186. III. — An injunction will not lie to enforce a municipal ordinance. — 7 Paige 261; 17 Am. Rep. 446; 1 High Inj. (3rd. Ed.) § 788. IV. — A municipal corporation must enforce its ordinances. Courts of Equity…
1Opinion of the Court
BbaNNON, Judge:
The city of Moundsville filed a bill in the Circuit Court of Marshall county against the Ohio River Railroad Company asking a mandatory injunction to said company to put a street in certain order and do_certain work according to a municipal ordinance granting the company right to construct its road through the town (now city) of Moundsville; and, a decree having been made granting such relief, the railroad company has appealed.
The first point presented in argument as error is that the *95bill is not attested by the seal of the city. If we treat a municipal corporation as a private…
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