City of Lexington v. Chenault

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Reversing.

Mrs. Sarah G. Chenault owns property in Lexington, Kentucky, on which she resides, fronting 178 feet on Limestone Street and running back to Upper Street. The ■lot was higher than the .street and a retaining wall had been built along the front of the lot to hold the earth. The-house set back 67 feet from the street and the front yard was set in trees, flowers and shrubbery. The city •of Lexington changed the grade of Limestone street, lowering it at the corners of Mrs. Chenault’® lot about •six or eight inches, and in the center of the lot,…