Brush v. City of Carbondale

Appellant filed his bill in chancery against the city to restrain its officers from tearing up a sidewalk and replacing it with another of different width. The bill alleges that complainant was the owner of the lot in front of which the walk had been laid; that when it was constructed he had paid half of its cost; that by being repaired, at an expense of about $1 per rod, it would last four or five years, and that the cost of constructing the new one would be from $4.50 to $5 per rod; that the present walk is sufficient to accommodate all who travel over it. He alleges that the city officers,…