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OFFUTT v. BARNES

272 S.W.2d 808 (1954)

A. A. OFFUTT et al., Appellants, v. G. A. BARNES et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 12, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Milton Luker, London, for appellants.

Fritz Krueger, Russell Jones, Somerset, for appellees.

MILLIKEN, Justice.

The determinative question in this case is whether the Municipal Housing Commission of the City of Somerset has the legal power to erect a low-cost housing project without first clearing away a slum area.

The appellees, private citizens of Somerset, obtained a permanent injunction to prevent appellants, members of the City's Housing Commission, from undertaking the construction of a low-cost housing project in the city, principally on the...

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