Parsons v. City of Columbus

On May 11, 1886, the legislature passed an act known as the “Taylor Raw,” conferring authority upon the councils of cities of the first grade, of the second class, “to cause any .of the streets or avenues or parts thereof of said city to be paved with granite or other stone block, asphalt or other permanent material, * * * and to provide that said improvement shall be paid for and assessed upon the property abutting on the same in accordance with the various provisions of this supplement and in accordance with the various provisions of law enacted, or hereafter enacted, applicable thereto,…