Finkle v. City of Marshalltown

— In 1924, the council of the city of Marshall-town legally inaugurated procedure for the paving of two streets within the corporate limits of said city, to wit, May Street and South Third Avenue. Third Avenue runs north and south, and May Street, intersecting it, runs east and west. The improvement of said two streets was done under one contract. The plaintiff is the owner of a considerable portion of real estate abutting upon said two streets. He filed objections with the city clerk and council to the proposed assessment upon 17 tracts of real estate owned by him. Obtaining no relief from…