City of Fairmont v. Harden

West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
City of Fairmont v. Harden, 68 W. Va. 315 (W. Va. 1910)
69 S.E. 804; 1910 W. Va. LEXIS 125
Williams

City of Fairmont v. Harden

Opinion of the Court

Williams, Judge:

This is a suit to enforce the lien of a special street paving tax assessed by the" City of Fairmont on defendant’s lot fronting on State street. A demurrer was sustained to Ijoth the *316original and the amended bills, and plaintiff declining further to amend, the circuit court dismissed the suit.

The suit grows out of the same facts as existed in the case of City of Fairmont v. Bishop, decided by us to-day,'the only difference being the difference in location of the respective lots sought to be charged with -the special- tax. Defendant’s lot abuts on State street' between Columbia street and the cross-street called, on the northeast side Iiaymond street, and on the southwest side Sterling street. The bill in the present case is bad for the same reasons that we held the bill in the Bishop Case not sufficient to charge him on account of the frontage of that portion of his lot which abutted on State street. The principles decided in that case control this case, and the decree of the lower court will be affirmed.

Affirmed.

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