City of Shreveport v. Levy

This suit is against an abutting property owner to recover his proportionate share of the cost of paving certain streets in the city of Shreveport. From *956an adverse judgment in the court below the defendant has appealed.

The answer does not allege fraud or unfairness. It charges that the contract for the paving was let in violation of section 2448, R. S.; that there were no plans and specifications, or the city council did not prepare plans and specifications, as is required to be done by section 3 of Act 187 of 1920; that the power of the city council to consider and accept the bid for the…