Harman v. City of Parsons
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Tucker County. Mandamus by J. W. Harman against the City of Parsons, Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant, brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
In 1913 respondent, the City of Parsons, ordered Millie Martin to construct a concrete sidewalk six feet wide along *198Central Avenue in front of Tier property on a grade line previously determined by it. The ground sloped toward the center of the street and, in excavating for the sidewalk, it left a Avail of earth on the outside of the sidewalk which, in some places, Avas about fifteen inches high. Central Avenue is sixty feet Avido, and in the year 1895, the council, on petition of all the property oAvners for a long distance on that street, had established the roadAvay…
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