Tritsch v. City of Covington

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller

— Reversing.

Fannie Hendrix owned a lot in the city of Covington, worth about $300.00. Under the authority of the city, two streets were built within the taxing district, at an aggregate cost of $350.57 to the Hendrix lot.

Acting upon the theory that she could not be required, under the city charter, to pay an amount exceeding one-*172half of the value of her lot for the street improvements, Fannie Hendrix brought an action, on December 28, 1908, in the Kenton Circuit Court, seeking to have the value of her lot fixed by the court and its liability limited in the…