Stamey v. Town of Burnsville

We will consider only the assignments of error we think material. The court below charged the jury as follows: “In the first place, if the defendant town has built a sidewalk and the sidewalk improves the condition of the public all along the street at this point the plaintiff is not chargeable with any general improvement by reason of the sidewalk being built, because that improvement applies to everybody and there being no special provisions in the charter of the town of Burnsville or in the general law that has been offered or referred to, authorizing these special benefits to be charged…