Persinger v. City of Sioux City

— This is an assessment appeal. Plaintiff, pursuant to sections 391.88 to 391.90, Code of Iowa, 1962, appeals a sidewalk assessment to the district court. The district court held the assessment void because no benefits, were, conferred on plaintiff’s- property by the improvement and because the city council valued and assessed the entire tract instead of to a depth of 300 feet only, as provided by section 391.39 (Code of Iowa, 1958, is applicable in this ease. The. final assessment in the sum of $3156.41 was made June 5, 1961. The pertinent Code sections are the same in the Code of Iowa,…