Zelie v. City of Webster City

I. Plaintiff, as the guardian of Clarence W. Zelie, a minor, brings this action, and avers in substance that the defendant city, in the year 1891, curbed, graveled, and guttered the highway or street adjoining certain lots of which said minor was in part owner, and charged up against said property therefor the sum of one hundred and fifty-four dollars and nineteen cents; that plaintiff had no notice, actual or constructive, of the pretended assessment levied upon said property, and that the sum thus assessed is unreasonable, exorbitant, and oppressive; that without authority of law said city…