Shortridge v. Daubney

OPINION

WOZNIAK, Judge.

In 1986, respondents brought a summary judgment motion challenging the validity of a notice of hearing issued by the City of Maplewood prior to a special assessment hearing held in 1981. The trial court determined that the city’s notice of hearing was defective because it erroneously stated that appeals from the assessment must be brought within twenty (20) days after the adoption of the assessment rather than the thirty (30) days allowed under the statute. The court ruled that the defective notice deprived the city of jurisdiction to levy the assessment and that laches…