Sellers v. City of Jackson

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Hinds County affirming a special improvement street assessment made by the City Council of Jackson, Mississippi, against Lots 15 and 16 of Odeneal Survey, *158which lots are owned by appellants. The matter was heard and determined by the trial judge without a jury.

Appellants contend the assessment is void. They strongly urge four grounds in support of that contention.

They first say that the resolutions, orders and proceedings by the City failed to adjudicate the necessary and essential facts to constitute the basis of a legal assessment.…