Thompson v. City of Williamsburg

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Willis

Reversing.

Several legal problems respecting street-paving assessments are presented by this record. One is whether the law in force when an ordinance ordering the improvement of a street is passed controls the method and measures the extent of apportioning the assessments against the abutting property to the exclusion of an act taking effect after the improvement is completed, but before the apportionment ordinance is enacted. Another is whether a lot abutting upon an improved street in cities of the fifth class is alone subject to the lien for the cost of…