City of Lakewood v. Rees

This court has heretofore considered the validity of transfers of funds received as water rentals to the general fund of a city. - The' question has been before the court in two cases, City of Cincinnati v. Roettinger, a Taxpayer, 105 Ohio St., 145, 137 N. E., 6, and Hartwig Realty Co. v. City of Cleveland, 128 Ohio St., 583, 192 N. E., 880. In those cases, the constitutional validity of Section 3959, General Code, was upheld and it was announced that that section oper-' ated as a valid limitation upon the uses and purposes for which revenues derived from municipally owned waterworks might be…