Shephard v. Wheeling

SNYDER, Judge:

J. B. Shepherd and 11 others, residents and tax-payers of the city of Wheeling, on April 19th, 1886, filed their petition in the Circuit Court of Ohio county, alleging therein that the council of said city on January 16th, 1886, adopted an ordinance entitled “An ordinance in relation to the police and fire departments of the city of Wheeling, and the appointments, duties and compensation of the commissioners thereof; ” that the said council subsequently, in pursuance, of said ordinance, elected four persons as commissioners of the police and fire departments of said city, who…