CARPENTERS LOCAL NO. 1650 v. CITY OF LEXINGTON


248 S.W.2d 407 (1952)

CARPENTERS LOCAL NO. 1650, etc., et al. v. CITY OF LEXINGTON et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Cohen, Louisville, for appellants.

Foster Ockerman, William H. Townsend, Lexington, for appellees.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

In Baughn v. Gorrell & Riley, 311 Ky. 537, 224 S.W.2d 436, this Court upheld the constitutionality of the Kentucky statute requiring the payment of prevailing wages on public works projects, KRS 337.510 to 337.550. We held that the statute, in requiring that the rates fixed in collective bargaining agreements between labor organizations and employers be established as the prevailing wages if such agreements apply to a sufficient number of...

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