City of Irvine v. Smith

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Cammack

Reversing.

Broadway Street in Irvine lies between the Kentucky River on the south and a mountain on the north. Hudson Street runs in a southerly direction and its intersection with Broadway forms more or less of a right angle. A natural ravine from the mountain to the river approximately parallels Hudson Street. Before the streets in that-section of Irvine were constructed and paved several property owners laid tiling in the ravine where it crossed their lots, filled it over and built houses on the lots. Through mesne conveyances the appellees became the…