East Hill Coal & Supply Co. v. City of Cincinnati

The petition in this case attempts to state an action in equity. It recites the ownership of the property, its location, value, and use'; also the ordinance and amendment. It charges bad faith on the part of council in enacting the amendment ; that the ordinance is unconstitutional, in that it provides that it shall take effect on the action and in the discretion of seventy-five per cent of the property owners of certain city squares; that the taking effect of the ordinance is thereby vested in a group of people other than the city council; and that said amendment discriminates against the…