House v. City of Greensburg

— In this case the sufficiency of the complaint of the appellant, House, to withstand the appellee’s demurrer thereto, for the want of facts, is the 'only question presented for decision.

In his complaint the appellant alleged that he was, and had been for many years past, the owner in fee simple of certain real estate, particularly described, in Decatur county, of the value of $16,000; that his real estate was south of and immediately abutted upon the city of Greensburg, in said county; that East street, in such city, had been continuously a public street and highway, running north and south…