Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. Webster County

The plaintiff, a contractor, constructed a pavement under a written contract with the city of Ft Dodge. By the terms of this agreement, it was provided that, upon completion of the work, the city should proceed to assess the cost thereof, except for street and alley intersections, upon the abutting property, and that the certificates of such special assessments, payable if requested in installments with interest at six percent per annum, should be accepted by the contractor in satisfaction for the paving done along such abutting property. By ordinance of the city it was also provided that,…