Douglass v. City of Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court
- Motion for leave to file a petition in error to reverse the judgment of the Superior Court of Cincinnati. The original action was brought by the city of Cincinnati for the use of Bolger & Crowley, contractors, to enforce an assessment for the improvement of Corry street in said city.
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- Motion for leave to file a petition in error to reverse the judgment of the Superior Court of Cincinnati. The original action was brought by the city of Cincinnati for the use of Bolger & Crowley, contractors, to enforce an assessment for the improvement of Corry street in said city. On the 19th of March, 1875, the common council declared by resolution the necessity of the improvement, and that the cost thereof should.be assessed per front foot on the several lots of land abutting thereon; and that the assessments should be certified to the contractor in payment for the work. On the 16th of…
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.
We find no error in this case.
The improvement was made under chapter 49 of the municipal code.
Section 540 declares that no public improvement provided for in chapter 49, the cost or part of the cost of which is to be specially assessed on the owners of adjacent property, shall be made without the concurrence of two-thirds of the whole number of members elected to the council, unless two-thirds of the owners to be charged shall petition therefor.. Section 565 provides, that upon the expiration of the time limited for filing claims for damages, the council shall determine whether they will…
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