Allen v. Jones

This was an appeal from a precept issued by authority of the city council of the city of Lafayette for the collection of an assessment made upon the real estate of the appellee in favor of the appellant, who was the contractor in the construction of a sewer. The sewer was not constructed on or along any public street or alley of the city, except at the north end where it is located across Columbia street, but is located and constructed on and across private property, where there is no street or alley. The city council passed a general ordinance providing for the construction of sewers on and…