Flournoy v. City of Jeffersonville

In 1851, the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, acting under the general law of 1852 lor the incorporation of cities, made a contract with Calvin Coole, for the grading and graveling of a street in said city. Cook performed the work stipulated in his contract, and 'an assessment lor payment was made, but one of the property holders, before whose property grading was done, refused payment.

In 1860, the City instituted a suit in the Court of Common Pleas of Ciarle, county, by filing a complaint against the original owner, and subsequent purchasers, to enforce payment of said assessment for the…