City of Leavenworth v. Stille
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Leavenworth District Court. Action commenced by Stille in March, 1869, to recover from The City $20,229.35, with 7 per cent, interest thereon from the 23d of May, 1866. In December 1865 Stille agreed with the city to grade Fifth street from Spruce street to Thornton street in a certain specified manner, under the superintendence and control of the city engineer.
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Error from Leavenworth District Court. Action commenced by Stille in March, 1869, to recover from The City $20,229.35, with 7 per cent, interest thereon from the 23d of May, 1866. In December 1865 Stille agreed with the city to grade Fifth street from Spruce street to Thornton street in a certain specified manner, under the superintendence and control of the city engineer. By the same contract the city agreed to pay him 43 cents per cubic yard for the grading, and to levy a special tax therefor upon the adjoining lots and parcels of ground, as the work progressed. And it was in and by said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Yalentine, J.:
This was an action brought by D. P. Stille against the city of Leavenworth, for services rendered by him in grading a certain street. The contract was made, and work done, under chapter 69 of the laws of 1869, page 124, §§3 to 11. Nearly every substantial question involved in this case has been decided by this court in the case of Leavenworth City v. Mills, 6 Kas., 288. Indeed, every substantial question except one has been decided either in that case, and in the cases of Leavenworth City v. Laing, 6 Kas., *548274, and Sleeper v. Bullen,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jenness v. CutlerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1874
- Sleeper v. Bullen & DustinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
- City of Leavenworth v. MillsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
- City of Leavenworth v. LaingSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
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- Heller v. City of Garden CitySupreme Court of Kansas · 1897
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- Denny v. City of SpokaneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1897
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