Fisk v. City of Keokuk
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — Hon. H. Bank, Jr., Judge. Suit in equity to enjoin the issuance of a certificate of tax sale for certain special taxes or assessments evidenced by two certificates of assessment issued by defendant city to defendants Cameron & McManus in the year 1896, in payment for certain pavement laid by it on streets abutting plaintiff’s property.
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Appeal from Lee District Court. — Hon. H. Bank, Jr., Judge. Suit in equity to enjoin the issuance of a certificate of tax sale for certain special taxes or assessments evidenced by two certificates of assessment issued by defendant city to defendants Cameron & McManus in the year 1896, in payment for certain pavement laid by it on streets abutting plaintiff’s property. Plaintiff also ashed that the certificates of purchase be cancelled and annulled, and that he be given such other relief as might appear equitable. On issues joined the trial court dismissed the petition, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The defendant city is organized and operating under a special charter, which gives it power to levy and collect taxes and special assessments under-provisions applicable to it alone, or to it and to other special charter cities. See Acts 2d General Assembly, 1848-49, chapter 3; Acts 4th General Assembly, 1852-53, chapter- 77; Acts 5th General Assembly, 1856, chapter 17 (extra session) ; Code, section 973; Acts 23d General Assembly, 1890, chapter 14; Acts 25th General Assembly, 1894, chapter 7. In the'year 1895 defendant city ordered that Eleventh Street in said city, upon which plaintiff’s…
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