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State ex Rel., Sweeney v. Michell

Supreme Court of Ohio
Apr 25, 1934
191 N.E. 98 (Ohio 1934)

Opinion

No. 24405

Decided April 25, 1934.

Municipal corporations — Public utility rate ordinance — Constitutional referendum provisions apply to electric contract.

ERROR to the Court of Appeals of Cuyahoga county.

Mr. James P. Mooney, Mr. Sylvester V. McMahon, Mr. Fred W. Zimmerman, Mr. Joseph B. Keenan and Mr. Herbert R. Cuyler, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W. George Kerr, Mr. Ezra Z. Shapiro, directors of law, Mr. Alfred Clum, Mr. William C. Dixon and Mr. John Smith, for defendants in error.


It is ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said Court of Appeals be, and the same is hereby, affirmed on authority of Ohio River Power Co. v. City of Steubenville, 99 Ohio St. 421.

Judgment affirmed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., JONES, MATTHIAS, BEVIS and WILKIN, JJ., concur.

STEPHENSON and ZIMMERMAN, JJ., dissent.


Summaries of

State ex Rel., Sweeney v. Michell

Supreme Court of Ohio
Apr 25, 1934
191 N.E. 98 (Ohio 1934)
Case details for

State ex Rel., Sweeney v. Michell

Case Details

Full title:THE STATE, EX REL. SWEENEY v. MICHELL ET AL., COUNCIL OF CITY OF CLEVELAND

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Apr 25, 1934

Citations

191 N.E. 98 (Ohio 1934)
191 N.E. 98

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