Stewart v. City of Clinton

Philips, C.

The petition in this case alleges in substance that at and prior to 1875 the defendant was a municipal corporation organized under the general laws of the State by the corporate name of “ The Inhabitants of the Town of Clinton,” with certain powers, etc.that in 1878 it reorganized under the law therefor as a city of the fourth class, and took the corporate name of “ The City of Clinton.” The petition then avers that on the — day of-, 1875, “ he was the owner of a certain lot in said city of Clinton, upon which was situated his dwelling house, under which was a basement or…