City of Atchison v. Friend

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action by L. Friend against the city of Atchison to recover the amount due. on special-assessment bonds issued by the city in compensation for the improvement of a certain city street. In October, 1885, John Early entered into a contract with the city of Atchison to macadamize a part of Commercial street, and in consideration for the improvement the city agreed to, and did, issue a series of special-assessment bonds. The improvement was satisfactorily made by the contractor and the city issued two bonds against each abutting…