Wright v. City of El Reno

This appeal involves the resurfacing or reconstruction of certain streets in the city of El Reno, known as paving district No. 12-B.

Plaintiffs sought an injunction to prevent said city from levying and charging any benefit assessment against their property, contending that the improvement did not constitute an original improvement, reconstruction, repaving or renewal, or even doubtful repair, but at the most it was repair work which should be borne by the public rather than by assessment against abutting property owners; that a charge for benefit local permanent improvement had heretofore…