City of Middlesboro v. Evans

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Ratliff

Reversing.

The city of Middlesboro, a city of the third class, pursuant to section 3458, Kentucky Statutes, adopted ordinances for the construction of certain streets in the said city including lots 14, 15, and 16, block 12, section S. E., owned by the appellees J. E. Evans and his wife, Betty Evans. The improvement of the streets was made at the expense of the abutting property owners, and they accepted the privilege of paying on the ten-year payment plan accorded them by the statute. The appellees, Evans and his wife, made certain payments on the…