Legal Opinion
Renard v. City of Spokane
Washington Supreme Court
Decided January 20, 1908No. 7041PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered June 16, 1906, in favor of the defendant, confirming an assessment by a city for local improvements.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
On the 11th day of July, 1903, property owners on Spofford Avenue, in the city of Spokane, petitioned the city council for the improvement of that avenue between certain points, by grading, parking, and sidewalking. The petition contained the following specification as to the character of the work:
“The grade through the rock cut on said Spofford Avenue to be made thirty feet wide, twenty feet between curb, and five feet on each side of sidewalk, the grade to be put as far south as property line.”
*346On February 2, 1904, the city council, purporting to act on this petition, passed an ordinance…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by2 opinions
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