In Re Improvement of Third Street, St. Paul

Appeal by numerous property owners from a judgment confirming the assessment of benefits for the so-called Third street project, a local improvement in St. Paul.

The loop or downtown business district of St. Paul fronts along its southern side On the scenic, cliff-bound, primary valley of the Mississippi river. Third street lies within a block of the bluff’s edge. Formerly it was the main business street of the city. Years ago trade began moving northward away from it onto its parallel rivals, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh streets. Its condition when this improvement was started was…