VANMETER v. CITY OF PARIS


257 S.W.2d 909 (1953)

VANMETER et al. v. CITY OF PARIS, et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 8, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley & Blanton, Paris, Ogden, Galphin & Abell, Louisville, for appellants.

Raymond Connell and Dodge L. Whipple, Paris, for appellees.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Kentucky Utilities Company and three voters and taxpayers of the City of Paris, who were plaintiffs in an action seeking to compel the board of commissioners of the city to submit to a popular vote the question of adopting an ordinance for the sale of an electric franchise, have appealed from a judgment dismissing the action as having been prematurely brought.

In 1944, the City of Paris sold to Kentucky Utilities Company an electric...

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