Case Name: City of Fairmont v. Smith
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1910-12-06
Citations: 68 W. Va. 314
Docket Number: 
Parties: City of Fairmont v. Smith.
Judges: 
Reporter: West Virginia Supreme Court
Volume: 68
Pages: 314–315

Head Matter:
CHARLESTON.
City of Fairmont v. Smith.
Submitted September 1, 1909.
Decided December 6, 1910.
Municipal Assessments.
Points of Syllabus in Oily of Fairmont v. Bishop, approved and applied.
Appeal from Circuit Court, Marion County.
Suit by the City of Fairmont against H. M. Smith. Decree for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
Affirmed.
TIarry Shaw and M. Bari Morgan, for appellant.
William 8. Raymond and W. S. Meredith, for appellee.

Opinion:
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 front ing on State street. A demurrer was sustained to botb tbe original 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 ease 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 prineiples_ decided in that ease control this ease, and the decree of the lower court will be affirmed.
Affirmed.