Drummond v. City of Columbus

Fred Drummond, a resident taxpayer of the city of Columbus, brought an action to enjoin the city from issuing $250,000 of bonds under the revenue bond act. The trial court held there was no equity in the petition of plaintiff, nor in the cross-petitions of two interveners, and dismissed the action. Intervener Northwestern Public Service Company has appealed, and intervener William H. Henggeler has prosecuted a cross-appeal.

Plaintiff’s petition against the city, its mayor, and the members of the city council alleged that Columbus was a city of the first class, and that on July 22, 1936, a…