Adkins v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Appeal from the JaeTcson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slower, Judge. Statement of the case by the court. This is a suit on special tax bills, brought by the plaintiff as assignee of the contractor.
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Appeal from the JaeTcson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slower, Judge. Statement of the case by the court. This is a suit on special tax bills, brought by the plaintiff as assignee of the contractor. The petition is in four counts, all substantially alike, and each founded upon a different tax bill, issued for grading Genesee street, in Kansas City, from Twelfth street to the southern city limits — the first and second are for grading the sidewalks and the third and fourth for grading the roadway. The petition alleges that an ordinance was passed ordering the work to be done; that the city…
1Opinion of the Court
Gill J.
— The right to recover on these tax bills, sued ■ on, is based on the provisions of article 8 of the Kansas City charter. Acts 1875, p. 250, et seq.
Section 1 empowers the common council to have graded any street at the expense of abutting property, provided the same is petitioned for by the resident owners of the majority in front feet on such street, etc.
Section 2 provides for the apportioning of the cost of such work, that of the sidewalk to be charged to the property according to its frontage on the particular sidewalk so graded, while the grading of the roadway is to “be charged as…
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