Beshear v. City of Dawson Springs

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge

Affirming.

In May, 1924, the city council of Dawson Springs, Kentucky, a municipality of the fifth class, enacted an ordinance directing that certain streets be improved at the expense of the abutting property owners. A contract was let for the work, but it was concluded that the ordinance and contract were void and the work was stopped before but little had been done. Subsequently and in September, another ordinance was enacted providing for the improvement of certain of the city’s streets, and a contract was awarded thereunder to N. E. Stone, doing…