Legal Opinion
Fought v. Murdoch
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 12, 1933No. 7652PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Litz, Judge:
Petitioner, Willie Fought, instituted this proceeding in certiorari in the circuit court of Wood County to review the action of defendants, Allen C. Murdoch, as mayor of the City of Parkersburg, and C. Gail Hitt, G. W. Abels, Vinton Murphy, and George Huber, as members of the city council, in levying a special assessment against a corner lot owned by him in Parkersburg for the construction of a sewer line along the side thereof after it had been assessed for sewering on the end. The trial court dismissed the petition on demurrer.
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