City of Mayfield v. Phipps

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sampson

Reversing.

Mayfield, a municipality of the fourth class, owns and operates both its electric light and water system for supplying light, heat, power and water to the municipality and to the citizens thereof. In 1918, it passed an ordinance providing for the control and management of the water and electric light plants. It provided for a committee of five. In part the ordinance reads:

“First. That for the purpose of controlling and operating the water works and electric light plants, there is hereby created what shall be called a water works and…