Case Name: Jackson, a Taxpayer, etc., v. The City of Nelsonville et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1908-02-04
Citations: 77 Ohio St. 637
Docket Number: No. 10435
Parties: Jackson, a Taxpayer, etc., v. The City of Nelsonville et al.
Judges: Price, Crew, Spear and Davis, JJ., concur. Summers, J., dissents.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 77
Pages: 637–637

Head Matter:
No. 10435.
Jackson, a Taxpayer, etc., v. The City of Nelsonville et al.
Decided February 4, 1908.
Error to Circuit Court of Athens county.
Messrs. Grosvenor, Jones & Worst oil; Messrs. Addison, Sinks & Babcock; Mr. T. H. Hogsett; Mr. Miller Outcalt and Mr. H. J. Booth, for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Emmett Keenan, city solicitor; Mr. C. W. Juniper and Messrs. Lewis & Sayre, for defendants in error.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed, because at time of entering upon the enlarging of the electric plant the statute contained no authority for furnishing electricity to citizens.
Price, Crew, Spear and Davis, JJ., concur. Summers, J., dissents.