City of Kenner v. Dwyer

KLIEBERT, Judge.

This is an appeal by the City of Kenner, plaintiff, from a judgment in favor of the defendant lot owner, William J. Dwyer, dismissing the City’s suit to collect a special assessment levied against the defendant’s lot for a contractor’s charge for filling the lot to grade, all as required by city ordinances. On appeal the City assigns as errors (1) the court’s order admitting evidence as to the contractor’s failure to properly fill the lot, (2) the dismissal of the City’s suit because it failed to prove it advertised for bids and paid the contractor as required by the…