Brunner v. City of Louisville

SIMS, Judge.

Appellant, C. C. Brunner, sued appellee, City of Louisville, for $5000 damages done to a lot he claimed to own located in the city on the corner of Latterle and Mell-wood Avenues by reason of the city’s alleged trespass in excavating on the lot for its flood wall. The answer of the city set up its title to the lot but admitted it should reimburse Brunner $78.64 in taxes he paid on the property. In his reply Brunner pleaded the city was estopped from claiming title to the lot by reason of a deed it had executed conveying same to him. The court rendered a summary judgment decreeing…