Rust v. City of Newport

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

The appellant, Ignatius Rust, is the owner of a five room frame house located on a lot fronting 50 feet on Monmouth Street in Newport. That street was formerly Alexander Pike before the territory through which it passes was annexed by Newport. Monmouth Street was widened and resurfaced in 1936. It was surfaced with concrete and a concrete curbing was placed in front of Rust’s property. This construction work was done without cost to abutting property owners, and was an original construction, in so far as the City was concerned.

The City urgently…