City of Henderson v. Connell

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming

*731This ease raises the question of the right of cities of the third class to assess the cost of improving intersections of streets with sidewalks, curbs and gutters, against the abutting property.

The legislative charter granted to the city of Henderson in 1867 provided that all intersections of streets should be graded, guttered and stepping stones placed or cross-walks made, at the expense of the city; and by the amendment of 1880, said provision was re-incorporated into the charter of that year.

Henderson is a city of the third class; and by the…