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Bradley v. McAtee

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 24, 1870PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Case 73 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED Sedgwick on Statutory and Constitutional Law, 629. Charter of 1851 of the city of Louisville. Charter of 1870 of the city of Louisville, section 12. 7 Oranch. 165. 16 Howard, 369. 10 Howard, 416. 18 Howard, 331. 6 McLean, 142. 3 Howard, 133. CITED Section 12 of the charter of 1870 of the City of Louisville.

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Case 73 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED Sedgwick on Statutory and Constitutional Law, 629. Charter of 1851 of the city of Louisville. Charter of 1870 of the city of Louisville, section 12. 7 Oranch. 165. 16 Howard, 369. 10 Howard, 416. 18 Howard, 331. 6 McLean, 142. 3 Howard, 133. CITED Section 12 of the charter of 1870 of the City of Louisville. Constitution of Kentucky, Bill of Rights, sections 20, 14. Constitution of the United States, section 10, article 1. Charter of 1851 of the City of Louisville, section 6, article 7, and the last section of the charter…

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE LINDSAY

delivered the opinion op the court.

Section 2, article 7, of the charter of the city of Louisville, adopted in the year 1851, conferred upon the general council *670the power to pass ordinances to procure the improvement, either by grading and paving, or by grading, paving, and macadamizing, or by grading and planking, any portion or the whole of any street or alley then established, or which might thereafter be established, within the city limits, at the cost of the owner or owners of the ground fronting such improvements, to be apportioned according to the number of feet front each…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. New Jersey v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1812
  2. City of Lexington v. McQuillan's HeirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1839

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Hayden v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
  2. Richardson v. MehlerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
  3. Deposit Bank of Owensboro v. Daveiss CountyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
  4. Broadway Baptist Church v. McAteeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1871
  5. Ransome-Crummey Co. v. BennettCalifornia Supreme Court · 1918

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