Decatur Land Co. v. City of New Decatur
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Morgan Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. ft. C. Brickell. The city of New Decatur assessed the value of certain public improvements against certain lots owned by the Decatur Land Company from which assessment the Land Company took an appeal to the circuit court. The circuit court dismissed the appeal and from this order the Land Company appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, J.-
— The controversy involved in this appeal from the Morgan circuit court arose out of the action of the city of New Decatur in assessing approximately 145 city lots under article 26 of chapter 32 of the Political Code, whereby municipalities are empowered to determine upon and to make public improvements of their streets, and to assess the cost thereof, within limits prescribed (Const. 1901, § 223), against abutting property. A sufficient general statement of the provisions appearing in article 26, c. 32, is made in City of Birmingham v. Wills, 178 Ala. 198, 204-206, 59 South.…
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