43 S.W.2d 342 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1931
Reversing.
James G. Serey, trustee, owns lot No. 29, which is situated on the corner of Liberty and Main streets in the city of Ashland. It is an unimproved lot, and abuts on Liberty street for a distance of 50 feet, and on Main street for a distance of 102 1/2 feet. The two streets were improved by original construction, and the cost thereof was assessed against the abutting property owners. The improvement was ordered and made under the same ordinance. All the work was done and accepted, and the cost apportioned at the same time. The Liberty street assessment on the lot in question was $327, and the Main street assessment was $924.83. The statutes provide, in substance, that an assessment for a street improvement which exceeds one-half of the value of the lot after the improvement is made is void as to such excess. Kentucky Statutes, sec. 3096. In this action to enforce the two improvement liens, the owner defended on the ground that the assessment was confiscatory. It was stipulated that the value of the lot after the improvements were made was $400. The chancellor awarded the city a lien for only $200, and the city appeals.
Recently we had occasion in City of Williamsburg v. Perkins,
Judgment reversed, and cause remanded, with directions to enter judgment in conformity with this opinion.
Whole court sitting.