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66 Ind. 602

Elliott v. Bruner

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1879

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1879-05-15

<p>Erom. the Marion Circuit Court.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 1899

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Relies on McGill v. Bruner

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Decided 1879-05-15

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Niblack, J.

¶1This action was based upon certain proceedings, had before the common council of the City of Indianapolis, for the construction of a sower in and along Missouri Street, from the north side of Market street to Kentucky Avenue.

¶2Augustus Bruner and Bussell M. Biver, the plaintiffs below, became the contractors for the construction of such sewer, and a portion of the cost of its construction was assessed against a contiguous lot of ground, fronting on Missouri Street and belonging to Calvin A. Elliott, the defendant.

¶3There was a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, in the circuit court, and the amount of the judgment was decreed to be a lien on the defendant’s said lot.

¶4It is agreed, between the parties, that the questions presented in this case are substantially the same as those involved in the case of McGill v. Bruner, 65 Ind. 421, decided at the present term of this court, and that the. decision in that case shall be decisive of this.

¶5Upon the authority of that case, the judgment in this case is affirmed, at the costs of the appellant.

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