Dawson v. Hipskind

This was a suit by appellees against appellants to foreclose a lien arising out of an assessment made against appellants ’ property for the improvement of a certain public street in the city of Portland, Jay county, Indiana, a city of the fifth class. Appellants are property owners, against whom benefits were assessed on account of the improvement of said street, and appellees are contractors, to whom the contract for performing the work of improving the street was let by the common council of said city. The improvement of the street was made under and in pursuance of the provisions of an act…