Mayor of Gainesville v. Henderson

Hill, O. J.

1. The exceptions to the judgment overruling the demurrer to the petition were not referred to in the argument or brief of counsel for the plaintiff* in error, and are therefore treated as abandoned.

2. It is well settled that the right of ingress and egress to and from a house abutting on a street of a city is a property right which can not he damaged or taken away from the owner, without just and adequate compensation; and where a municipality, in the exercise of its power to grade or improve the streets, destroys or impairs this right of egress and ingress, an action for damages…