Case Name: Adams v. Nemeyer, Mayor, et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1896-01-14
Citations: 54 Ohio St. 614
Docket Number: No. 4601
Parties: Adams v. Nemeyer, Mayor, et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 54
Pages: 614–614

Head Matter:
No. 4601.
Adams v. Nemeyer, Mayor, et al.
(Decided January 14, 1896.)
Error to the Circuit Court of Hancock county.
George II. Phelps, for plaintiff in error.
Pendleton <& Whiteley; Boss d¡ Kinder; J. A. <& K V. Dope; K T. Dunn and A. Zugschwert. for defendants in error.

Opinion:
The act of the Legislature passed March 31, 1892, authorizing cities having at the last federal census a population of 18,553 to issue and sell the bonds of the' city to be paid by a tax to be levied on the property of the city,, tobe used for the purpose of purchasing grounds and buildings within such* city or its immediate vicinity for manufacturing purposes, 89 Laws, 168, is invalid for two reasons: First: It is a special act of a general nature conferring corporate power; and second: It authorizes the use of the power of taxation by a city for private, and not public, purposes.
Judgment of the circuit court reversed and that of the common pleas affirmed.