Frankenstein v. City of Cincinnati

By the Court.

This cause comes into this court on appeal from the court of common pleas of Hamilton county, seeking an injunction against The Union Gas & Electric Company, wherein a taxpayer brought his action to enjoin the collection of gas rates fixed by an ordinance passed on the 29th day of November, 1921. The claim for the injunction was based on the fact that a petition for a referendum had been duly filed on such ordinance, which referendum election would be held on August 8, 1922, and plaintiff prayed that the company, pending the referendum, be enjoined from collecting the rate fixed…