Lotze v. City of Cincinnati

HUNT J.

This is an action in which the plaintiff below sought to recover damages against the City of Cincinnati by reason of the change of grade of Lodge street or alley, in front of the premises of the plaintiff between Fifth and Sixth streets, in this city.

It appears that in 1869,the city of Cincinnati established the grade of Lodge street or alley by ordinance, and that afterwards the •street was paved to the estanlished grade. The plaintiffs below, as heirs of Adolphus Lotze, are the owners of premises fronting thirty-three (33) feet on the east side of Lodge street, extending eastwardly…