Lindsley v. Lewis

Suit upon a paving certificate. The assessment was against a number of joint owners of the property upon which the assessment was levied. The suit was for personal judgment, jointly and severally, against the several joint owners, and to foreclose a paving lien on the property. The trial court sustained a special exception to the petition, urging that the assessment was invalid because it was for a lump sum and upon the entire interest of all the owners; whereas, both as to the personal liability and as to the lien, the assessment should have been made against each owner and each owner's…