Whitman v. City of North Miami

The appellants were the plaintiffs below, who instituted a class action on behalf of all those property owners similarly situated by virtue of owning land which abuts a sanitary sewer line extension. Their suit for relief arose because of certain objections they posed to the completed construction by the City of North Miami, appellee here, of a sanitary sewer improvement project and the special assessment liens the city levied to recover the cost of the project.

For purposes of this opinion, the following facts will suffice: (a) on November 24, 1964, pursuant to the provisions of § 184.04…