City of Spokane v. Browne

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, J.

— Respondents were owners of certain lands within a district created by the city council of the city of *318Spokane under its 1885 charter, for the purpose of levying an assessment to pay for certain street improvements. Said improvements were provided for and directed by an ordinance passed under said charter, and work was commenced thereon, but the improvements were not completed until after the adoption of the freeholders’ charter on March 2é, 1891. The ordinance directing the improvement, and under which the work was performed, provided for an…