Holt v. City of East St. Louis

Per Curiam :

This is an appeal from a judgment of confirmation of a special tax to pay the cost of grading and paving Bangh avenue, in East St. Louis. The ordinance provides that the cost shall be paid by special taxation of contiguous property, in proportion to its frontage. Appellants’ only objection to the tax assessed under the ordinance is, that the city is not required to pay the cost of street intersections, and they contend that streets crossing the one on which the improvement is made are abutting property, within the meaning of the statute. We do not agree with this contention. The…