City of Louisville v. Higdon
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 45 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT. cited City Charter of Louisville, (Sess. Acts 1850-1,) art. 3, secs. 4, 6, 8, 13 ; lb., art. 4, secs. 1, 8; lb., art. 1, sec. 1; lb., art. 9, sec. 1; 10 Paige, 223; 1 J. J. Mar., 206; Constitution Ky., art. 2, secs. 2, 3, 20. cited 9 Johnson, 147; 6 Cowen, 23; 12 Mod. R., 256; % Kent’s Com., 295; Angelí ¿y Ames on Corporations, page 274; 3 Litt., 459; 1 Mon., 86.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE STITES
delivered the opinion of the court:
Higdon sued the city of Louisville for six hundred dollars, alleged to be due him from the city for work done upon its streets at the request of the city authorities, and which work, he avers, was accepted and ordered to be paid for by a resolution of the city council.
The city answered, denying the performance of the work at the request of its authorities, and also denying the alleged indebtedness, and the acceptance of the work or order for the payment of the same.
The law and facts were submitted to the circuit judge, who decided against the…
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