Chostkov v. City of Pittsburgh
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
In Equity. Taxpayers’ bill by Sarah Chostkov and others against the City of Pittsburgh and others. On demurrer to bill.
1Opinion of the Court
ORR, District Judge.
The plaintiff, who is a citizen of the state of Ohio, has filed a bill as a taxpayer of the city of Pittsburgh, to restrain the city and the. officers thereof from issuing bonds to secure an increase of the city’s debt. Plaintiff has sought the jurisdiction of this court not because of the involution of any federal question, but solely because of the diversity of the citizenship of the plaintiff and the defendants. Relief is sought not because of any alleged want of power in the cityr to increase its debt and to issue bonds, but because, as is alleged, the defendants have…
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