Mowrey v. Coleman

This was originally a suit brought by the appellants, as property owners, for the purpose of attacking the entire assessment of benefits in a suburban water improvement district. In their complaint, as amended, the appellants asserted that they were heartily in favor of the district, but it was charged that the assessed benefits were so excessive that a reassessment should be ordered. In the course of the litigation the appellees, who are the commissioners of the district, admitted that as a result of a mistake in the estimated cost of the improvement the assessed benefits were in fact…