Bush v. City of Topeka

The opinion of the court was delivered by

JOHNSTON, C. J.:

This proceeding involves the validity of a special assessment on the property of plaintiff to pay for paving a portion Of Monroe street in the city of Topeka.

The tract assessed is a part of a block in the platted portion and near the center of the city, but not all of the block in which the land lies has been subdivided into lots. The plaintiff’s tract and the district in which it lies is quite well shown by the accompanying map. It will be observed that the block is larger than other blocks surrounding it, and that a part of the west…