Legal Opinion

Wren v. City of Indianapolis

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 17, 1884No. 10,030PublishedCited by 21 opinions

From tbe Superior Court of Marion County.

1Opinion of the CourtZollars, J.

In appellant’s complaint against-the city of ■ Indianapolis, it's board of aldermen, common council, and civil engineer, Robert M. Pattison, he asks for a mandate to compel the making of an estimate and assessment for a street improvement. The averments of the complaint are substantially as follows:

On the 28th day of June, 1865, the common council of the city, by an unanimous vote, passed an ordinance for the grading and gravelling of South Tennessee street, and the sidewalks, between Garden and McCarty streets. The ordinance provided that the expense of the grading and gravelling,'except at…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Whitney Arms Co. v. . BarlowNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
  2. Argenti v. City of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1860
  3. Township of Pine Grove v. TalcottSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  4. Commissioners v. SellewSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  5. Council of Glencoe v. People ex rel. OwenIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. German-American Savings Bank v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Board of Commissioners v. FullenIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Barber v. MulfordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Board of Commissioners v. MowbrayIndiana Supreme Court · 1903
  5. State ex rel. Moore v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1903

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