Ketchum v. City of Monett

For the third time this ease comes before the Appellate Courts of Missouri. It is a suit to. recover damages accruing to plaintiff as the owner of two lots fronting on Fifth Street in Monett, Mo., by reason of the city having constructed, in front of said lots, a curb and gutter on a grade higher than the natural surface. Originally, the charge also included the construction of a sidewalk on the established grade, and as this act was alleged to constitute the principal basis of plaintiff’s damage, and as there was no evidence of a sidewalk having been authorized by the city, the judgment…