Wallace, Jr. v. City of Louisa

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Appellant, who was . the unsuccessful defendant below, seeks to reverse a judgment ordering his property sold to satisfy a special tax of $340.64, levied upon it by appellee for street and sewer improvement.

In 1917, the city of Louisa decided to improve its streets and sewers at the expense of the owners of the abutting property. As a matter of preliminary caution, the plan was submitted to the voters who by a vote of 93 to 32 approved the project. On December 16, 1919, it adopted an ordinance providing therefor. At once the ordinance was…