Monroe v. Cleveland (City)

This is an appeal from the judgment of the court of common pleas in an action commenced by William TI. Monroe, on behalf of himself and many others, to enjoin the collection of the illegal balance- of street improvement assessments levied by the city of Cleveland upon their property abutting on Woodland Hills avenue. The issue is one of law, to wit, whether a person against whose" property an assessment to pay for a public improvement is levied in excess of the amount authorized by law, can, after voluntarily paying the first installment thereof, watch in silence the letting of the contract…