Legal Opinion

Wickwire v. City of Elkhart

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 13, 1896No. 17,128PublishedCited by 18 opinions

From the Elkhart Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtHackney, C. J.

The appellants, who were property owners along the line of Jackson street, in the city of Elkhart, sued the appellees, the city of Elk-hart, the members of the common council and the mayor of said city and A. F. Ninas, to enjoin the improvement of said street, by said Nims, under a contract awarded by the common council to him for the grading and paving of said street, The circuit court sustained the demurrer of the appellees to the complaint of the appellants, and that ruling is the only assigned error. The improvement undertaken was by virtue of the Barrett law, R. S. 1894, section 4288 et…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Platter v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Township of Hillside v. SterninSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1957
  2. Chippewa Bridge Co. v. City of DurandWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Diamond v. City of MankatoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
  4. City of Mankato v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
  5. Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co. v. City of VilliscaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1935

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