Simpson v. City of Kansas City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

This is an action to compel the mayor and councilmen of the city of Kansas City to reapportion the costs of grading Seventh street, from Minnesota avenue to Euclid avenue. In May, 1887, a sufficient petition was pre*89sented to thefmayor and councilmen of the city of Kansas City, in this’state, for the grading of a part of Seventh street at the cost of the abutting property owners, as provided in § 4, chapter 99, Laws of 1887. (Gen. Stat. of 1889, ¶ 557. On September 22,'1887, an ordinance was duly passed, ordering the improvement as prayed…