City of Pikeville v. Riddle

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

On October 15,1903,.T. M. Riddle and his wife, Bessie A. Riddle, purchased from M. C. Tbornbury and wife a house and lot in the city of Pikeville for tbe sum of $1,-200.00 cash. Later on they improved the property at an expenditure of about $2,500.00. Thereafter Mrs. Riddle died and her interest descended to her children subj ect to T. M. Riddle’s right of curtesy. Afterwards the city undertook the construction of certain streets in the rear of the premises. The streets were so graded as to divert the natural flow of the water and cause the water and…