Bailey v. City of Carrollton

Plaintiffs, the owners of the strips of ground occupied as Plum and Dublin streets in the city of Carrollton, bring- this suit.against said corporation for fifteen hundred dollars, the alleged value of said property, for which they have novel' been compensated. The defense is that the streets were never appropriated or occupied or taken without compensation; that if they were laid out and used by the public the *172same was done by the acts oí plaintiffs themselves and foJ the sole benefit arising therefrom to themselves by said voluntary dedication. Defendant avers that the opening of said…