Legal Opinion

Sims v. City of Frankfort

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1881No. 8139PublishedCited by 83 opinions

From the Clinton Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtElliott, C. J.

— Exhibited in an abridged form, the material allegations of the appellant’s complaint are these: Appellant is the owner in fee of a lot, bounded on the west by Jackson street, in the city of Frankfort, as said street has been laid out and used by the city and its predecessor, the town of Frankfort, for more than twenty years; that the line of his lot has been known and recognized, as it is indicated by his fence, for more than twenty years; that under an order of the proper municipal authorities, and by a license from them, appellant has constructed a sidewalk along the line of his property…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Barclay v. Richard W. Howell's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
  2. State v. BerdettaIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
  3. People v. CunninghamCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
  4. Pettis v. JohnsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1877
  5. Rhodes v. WhiteheadTexas Supreme Court · 1863

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3Cited by83 opinions

  1. Platter v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Branson v. StudabakerIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Anderson v. HubbleIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Tewksbury v. HowardIndiana Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Strosser v. City of Fort WayneIndiana Supreme Court · 1885

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