City of Richmond v. Madison Female Institute

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Turner

Affirming.

Appellant, a city of the fourth class, instituted this action seeking to enforce an apportionment lien for sidewalk, curbing, and guttering construction abutting the appellee’s property.

To the petition the lower court sustained a demurrer, and the correctness of that ruling is the only thing for determination.

It is alleged in the petition that “the plaintiff says that its board of council passed an ordinance on the 4th day of August, 1910, requiring the defendants to construct and maintain a concrete pavement, curb and gutter in front of their…