Newcomb v. City of Davenport
Supreme Court of Iowa
.Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. Andrew Howat, Judge. Action to recover for taxes paid to the defendant city for the construction of a sewer. There was a judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
The plaintiff paid to the defendant city, under protest, the sum of six hundred and seventy-one dollars and forty-eight cents, under an assessment by the city for the construction of a sewer along the street on which the plaintiff owned abutting property, because of which the assessment was made. The sewer involved in this case is the same as that in Trustees of Griswold College v. City of Davenport, 65 Iowa, 633. In that case the assessment was held invalid because of a failure to give notice to the property owners, so as to enable them to be. heard before the assessment was made. That was a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- City of Detroit v. MartinMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
- Trustees of Griswold College v. City of DavenportSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
- Dittoe v. City of DavenportSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
- De Baker v. CarilloCalifornia Supreme Court · 1877
- Rutledge v. Price CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
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- Slimmer v. Chickasaw CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
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