City of Ashland v. Hunt-Forbes Const. Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Richardson

Affirming.

The same facts and questions of law are involved in these two appeals and for this reason we shall dispose of them in one opinion.

The city of Ashland, by appropriate ordinances, the regularity of which is not here questioned, ordered the improvement of designated streets at the exclusive cost of the owners of the abutting property, as authorized by section 3096, Kentucky Statutes. The construction of the improvement was let, as provided by statute, to the lowest and best bidder. The Hunt-Forbes Construction Company being such, it entered into a…