McDowell v. People ex rel. Martin

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Lawrence county against a tract of land situated in the city of Sumner, belonging to appellant, for a special tax levied thereon for the purpose of building sidewalks.

The case was tried partly on an agreed state of facts and partly on documentary evidence. Several objections were filed to the payment of-the tax,.but inasmuch as the sixth objection filed in the county court by appellant, being that there was no grade established by any ordinance of the city for the construction of said sidewalks, is vital to the whole proceeding, under…