Beck v. Obst
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 9 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. cited Charter of City of Louisville, sec. 12. 4 Bush, 464, Hydes & Goose, &c. v. Joyes. 7 Bush, 667, Bradley v. MeAtee, &e. CITED 10 Bush, 181, Caldwell v. Rupert. 7 Bush, 667, Bradley v. MeAtee, &c. 8 Bush, 510, Broadway Baptist Church, &c. v. MeAtee, &c.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE COFER
delivered the opinion oe the court.
The improvement of one hundred and twenty feet on the east end of the alley, in 1866, was done according to the averments in the appellant’s answer, under a valid proceeding by the General Council, and in justice and equity the appellant and others who were required under that proceeding to pay for the work ought not to be compelled now to. contribute, equally with those who then paid nothing, to the improvement of the residue of the alley; and unless the law is imperative the chancellor should not have so adjudged, for to do so is to subject the…
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