Vanmeter v. City of Paris

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Kentucky Utilities Company and three voters and taxpayers of the City of Paris,' who were plaintiffs in an action seeking to compel the board' of commissioners of the city to submit to a popular vote the question of adopting an ordinance for the sale of an electric franchise, have appealed from a judgment dismissing the action as having been prematurely brought.

In 1944, the City of Paris sold to Kentucky Utilities Company an electric franchise having a ten-year term. The franchise will expire on July 1,1954. The city also owns a municipal electric plant, which…