Fruin-Colnon Contracting Co. v. Chatterson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

The appellant, a Missouri corporation, was awarded in April, 1909, by the Board of Public Works of the ■City of Louisville a contract for the construction of street improvements, a portion of which abutted on the property of appellee. Having completed the contract in August, 1909, it brought this action in 1910 against-the appellee upon an apportionment warrant to enforce its lien upon her property to satisfy the cost of the improvement.. For defense to the action, the appellee relied on Section 571 of the Kentucky Statutes, providing that:

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