City of Louisville v. Wible
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 42 — PETITIONS EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE LAW AND EQUITY COURT. 1. The existence of the contract of Wible & Willinger with the city is established by the evidence.
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Case 42 — PETITIONS EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE LAW AND EQUITY COURT. 1. The existence of the contract of Wible & Willinger with the city is established by the evidence. There is sufficient evidence of its approval by the Board of Aldermen, and the subsequent refusal of the Board to approve the minutes of the meeting at which the contract was approved could not affect its validity. 2. The contract excludes the right of owners, as well as other persons to haul carcasses through the streets. 3. Wible & Willinger acquired valuable rights by their contract…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BENNETT
delivered the opinion of the court.
By agreement these two appeals, the first from the Louisville Chancery Court and the second from the Louisville Law and Equity Court, are to be heard together. We will dispose of them by one opinion in the order in which they stand.
The appellees allege in their petition that on the 22d of November, 1883, they made a contract, in *293writing, with the appellant, the city of Louisville, by which appellees agreed to promptly remove from the streets, public and private, public places, and commons and uninclosed lots, in said city, the carcasses of all…
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