Knickerbocker Co. v. City of Seattle

The appellant owns real property situated in the city of Seattle which abuts upon Maynard avenue therein. By Ordinance No. 19,235, the city caused that part of Maynard avenue in front of and in the vicinity of the appellant’s property to be improved at the expense of the property benefited, and caused a part of the cost thereof to be assessed upon appellant’s property as property so benefited. The appellant protested before the city council at the proper time against the assessment, but the protest was overruled by that body and the assessment allowed to stand. The appellant thereupon…