Paduch v. City of Johnson City

OPINION

REID, Justice.

The City of Johnson City asserts on this appeal that the Court of Appeals erred in sustaining the suit by appellees as an action to abate a nuisance and in awarding damages because the city did not pave a street abutting property owned by the appellees and refused to issue a building permit until the street was paved.

When the area which included the street and adjoining property was annexed by Johnson City in 1963, the street was, in the words of the trial judge, a country lane. After the property was annexed, the city posted a sign designating it “Quarry Drive” and…