Ziegler v. City of Junction City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

MASON, J.:

Prior to 1913 the statute relating to cities of the second class provided that the improved property should bear the cost of paving streets, except at the intersections, which were paved at the expense of the city. (Gen. Stat. 1909, § 1374; amended by Laws 1911, ch. 102, § 1.) The statute book of that year contains what purports to be an act changing this rule by requiring the city to bear also one-third of the cost of paving in front of private property. (Laws 1913, ch. Ill, § 1.) A doubt has arisen whether this act, as enrolled, approved by…