Craycraft v. Selvage
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Cases 48, 49—PETITIONS EQUITY— APPEALS FROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED City Charter of 1870, sec. 12. MS. Op., April 18, 1874, Craycraft v. Redd & Bro. MS. Op., April 4, 1874, Caldwell v. Obst. Sedgwick on Statutory and Common Law, 466. Dillon on Mun. Cor., secs. 55, 556, 558, 605. Blackwell on Tax Titles, 782. MS. Op., 1874, Murray et al. v. Tucker.
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Cases 48, 49—PETITIONS EQUITY— APPEALS FROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED City Charter of 1870, sec. 12. MS. Op., April 18, 1874, Craycraft v. Redd & Bro. MS. Op., April 4, 1874, Caldwell v. Obst. Sedgwick on Statutory and Common Law, 466. Dillon on Mun. Cor., secs. 55, 556, 558, 605. Blackwell on Tax Titles, 782. MS. Op., 1874, Murray et al. v. Tucker. MS. Op., June 15, 1871, Heheman v. Snead, &c. 2 Kan. 371, City of Leavenworth v. Rankin. 6 Mass. 40, Andover & Medford Turnpike Co. v. Gould. 2 Cow. 678-99, N. Y. Fireman’s Ins. Co. v. Ely. 7 Cow. 402, Ex parte Wilcocks. 5 Wend. 547,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE COFER
delivered the opinion oe the court.
Having improved a portion of a new street in Louisville, called East Broadway, under a contract made with the mayor and approved by the General Council, the appellees brought this suit in the Louisville Chancery Court against the appellant Craycraft, who owns ground on each side of the street, to recover that part of the contract price of the work done by them which was apportioned by the city council as Craycraft’s portion of the cost of the improvement. They made the city a defendant, and prayed for judgment against it in the event they were…
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