Moberry v. City of Jeffersonville

This was an appeal from a precept issued by the order of the common council of the city of Jeffersonville to collect an assessment for the improvement of “ French street, from Maple street to the corporation line,” made against the real estate of the appellants, fronting on said street. In the circuit court, the appellants demurred to the transcript, for the reason that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. This demurrer was overruled, and the appellants excepted.

The appellants then answered in four paragraphs. The first was the general denial, and was afterward…