In re the Assessment of Cost & Expense of Improvement of Construction of Lateral Sewer in Amundson Avenue

This proceeding was brought to attack the validity of local assessments of $2,128.72 each levied against two 50-foot-front lots on account of the cost of installation of a 12-inch lateral sewer in Amundson Avenue in the City of Mount Vernon abutting the said lots. Clearly, in order to succeed herein, the burden was upon the petitioners to show that the assessments are illegal by reason of lack of authority, by reason of defects of substance in proceedings leading up to the same, or by reason of the discriminatory and arbitrary fixing of the portions of the cost to be borne by petitioners’ *619prop…