Shehane v. Wimbish

(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. A motion to dismiss has been made by Wimbish, the defendant in error in the main bill of exceptions, on the ground that this court is without jurisdiction to entertain the same. He contends that Lexington was not a city when the city court of Lexington was created by the General Assembly, and that, therefore, the city court of Lexington is not a constitutional city court, and the writ of error will not lie. The act incorporating the City of Lexington and the act creating the city court of Lexington were approved on the same day. The order in which they…