Welch v. City of Oconomowoc

The following opinion was filed November 7, 1928:

Stevens, J.(1) The case presents the question whether the special assessment was invalid because based on the assessed valuation of property abutting on the ornamental lighting system, rather than upon the benefits conferred.

Sub. (16) (e) of sec. 66.06 of the Statutes of 1923, under which this assessment was made, provided: “The costs apportioned to the abutting owners shall be assessed to them, respectively, in the ratio of each property’s assessed valuation on the street or part thereof covered by said petition.”

*175The amount of the assessment…