Gleason v. Barnett
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 11 — STREET IMPROVEMENT — APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CHANCERY DIVISION. If i-t be that the property owner is not responsible, then it is clear that the municipality is, because the ordinance for the improvement and the contract for the improvement were passed and entered into after April 1st, 1880, and prior to July 1st, 1893. City of Louisville v. Meyer, 17 Ky. Law Rep., 666. The ordinance for the construction of Highland avenue was legally passed.
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Case 11 — STREET IMPROVEMENT — APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CHANCERY DIVISION. If i-t be that the property owner is not responsible, then it is clear that the municipality is, because the ordinance for the improvement and the contract for the improvement were passed and entered into after April 1st, 1880, and prior to July 1st, 1893. City of Louisville v. Meyer, 17 Ky. Law Rep., 666. The ordinance for the construction of Highland avenue was legally passed. It passed one board on the 29th of September, 1892, and the other on October 13, 1892. The decision of the court below that two…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PAYNTER
delivered the opinion oe the court.
This action is brought against property owners to recover the cost of improving Highland avenue from the north-easterly line of East Broadway to the center line of Everett avenue, if extended. The ordinance providing for the improvement reads as follows: “That the carriageway of Highland avenue, from the northeasterly line of East Broadway to the center line of Everett avenue (if extended), shall be thirty’ (30) feet in width, and shall be improved by grading, curbing, and paving with vitrified brick or block pavement, with corner stones at the…
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