City of Sterling v. Galt

The city of Sterling, by ordinance, adopted a general sewerage system, and provided for the construction thereof “by general taxation and special assessments on property specially benefited.” The usual steps required by the statute were taken to bring the case to a hearing in the county court. On the day specified in the notice, a large number of property owners affected by the assessment appeared and filed various objections to the proceeding, one or more of which challenge the validity of the ordinance upon which it is founded. The court, after due consideration, sustained the objections…