Baker v. City of Richmond

McDonald, Judge:

The appellant, Earl B. Baker, was serving on Richmond, Kentucky’s Board of Commissioners when he brought this suit seeking a declaration of rights on whether the city could condemn property outside the city limits for a water line and issue revenue bonds pursuant to KRS Chapter 58 without holding a public referendum on the issue.

The city proposed to construct, through its utility board, a water line from the city limits across unincorporated land for a distance of about nine miles to the Kentucky River. The appellant secured sufficient signatures on a petition for referendum…