Osburn v. City of Lyons
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clinton District Court, — Hon. P. B. Wolfe, Judge. Action in equity to r estrain the collection of a tax levied to pay for the improvement of a street. There was a hearing on the merits, and a decree in favor of the plaintiffs. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
1 On the thirtieth day of May, 1893, the council of the city of Lyons ordered that Sixth street, from the south line of improvement district No. 1 to the city limits of the cities of Lyons and Clinton, be graded, curbed, guttered and paved by the first day of the next November. The portion of the street, ordered paved was designated “Improvement District No. 3” in the city of Lyons. A notice to contractors, inviting sealed bids for furnishing the materials for and making the improvements ordered, was published, and on or before the fifth day of July, 1893, the time fixed for filing bids, two…
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