Van Der Creek v. City of Spokane
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered June 2, 1913, upon findings in favor of protestants, setting aside a reassessment roll, upon appeal from the order of the city council confirming the roll.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
The city of Spokane passed an ordinance providing for the improvement of Northwest Boulevard, and creating an assessment district. The value of the abutting property, according to the valuation last placed upon it for the purposes of general taxation, was $58,493, and its assessable value under the special assessment law, Laws of 1911, p. 445, §12 (3 Rem. & Bal. Code, §7892-12), was $29,-246.50. An estimate of the cost was made at $129,000. A contract was let to do the work for $121,000, and the cost, as finally settled for the purpose of assessing the cost to the abutting property, was fixed…
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