Polk v. City of Memphis

This is a suit by plaintiffs, O. B. Polk and others, seeking a recovery against the City of Memphis and the several railroad companies mentioned as defendants, for damages to the property of the plaintiffs by reason of the change of grade of Poplar Avenue in the' City of Memphis in the construction of the Aulon or P'oplar Avenue viaduct. The purpose of this viaduct was to separate the grade of Poplar Avenue and that of the several railroads mentioned, at Aulon. The declaration filed in the case is as follows:

“The plaintiffs sue the defendants for $60,000 as defendants caused to be constructed…