Leeds v. City of Richmond

The appellant alleges in her complaint that she and her husband were the lessees of real estate in the city of Eichmond; that she has expended large sums of money in erecting buildings on the land and in providing them with appliances for the purpose of propagating and cultivating plants and flowers; that the city, having determined to build a sewer along an alley on the northeast side of the appellant’s land, and desiring to use for that purpose a part of the land, did enter into an agreement with her and her husband, who has.since died; that the object of the agreement was to prevent delays…