Trimble v. Stewart

Appellants, as owners of a residence lot fronting west on Ninth, street in Columbia, sue in equity to cancel a special taxbill for paving said street. The cancellation of the taxbill is prayed for upon three grounds: 1st, that the street in front of appellants’ property was graded below the established grade; 2d, that the paving was not placed exactly in the middle of the street; and 3d, that the cost of the work was not properly apportioned. The ■regularity of the proceedings and the performance of the work is conceded in every other respect.

Both the resolution and ordinance provided that…