Finley v. City of Decatur

BOULDIN, Justice.

The appeal is from a judgment or decree of the circuit court sustaining a local assessment against abutting property for street improvements. Code, § 2211.

The improvement consisted in the pavement of one block of Church street in the city of Decatur. The grade of the street, especially at the south end, is several feet above the level of defendant’s adjoining property. This to connect with a bridge over the railroad tracks a short distance south of such property.

Appellant, property owner, contends that, by reason of the manner of constructing the improvement, and the lack of…