Burgess v. City of Cameron

Maxwell, Judge,

(On petition for rehearing) :

On petition for rehearing much emphasis is placed on our holding in the ease of Curry v. City of Kenova, 112 W. Va. 241, 164 S. E. 249. It is said that the decision in the case at bar is not consistent with the decision in that case. There, paving ivas done under a city charter which provided that no assessment for public improvements should exceed in amount “twenty-five per centum of the value of such property after the improvement is completed.” Paving certificates were issued against two separately owned properties for more than twenty-five per…