Sims v. Hines

— The appellant prosecutes this appeal from a judgment enforcing an assessment made for a street improvement, and his principal contention is that the transcript, which the statute declares shall be a complaint, is insufficient.

The statutory provision is a singular one, inasmuch as it makes the transcript of the proceedings of the city authorities the complaint of the plaintiff; although, in fact, he has nothing to do with the proceedings, for they are conducted by the representatives of the municipality. The property-owner really assails the proceedings of those who are his chosen…