City of Gastonia v. Cloninger

Tbe defendants and other property owners residing on West Franklin Avenue in the city of Gastonia presented a petition to the city council praying that the avenue be laid with an asphalt pavement between Linwood Street and the western corporate boundary, and agreed to pay one-half the total cost of the improvement, not including the cost incurred at street intersections or on the track of the street railway. The petition was granted, and it was ordered that the owners of abutting property should make all sewer, water, and gas connections on the street, and should pay one-half the total cost…