In re Paving Assessments
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sac District Court. — E. G. Albert, Judge. Appellant is the owner of certain lots in the incorporated town of Odebolt. A special paving assessment’was levied against his property. He undertook to perfect an appeal to the district court of Sac County, and a motion to dismiss said appeal was sustained. From the order of dismissal, this appeal is prosecuted. —
1Opinion of the CourtFaville, J.
1. Municipal CORPORATIONS: public improvements : objections to assessments. — I. Appellant filed written objections to the assessment against his property, before the town council of Ode-bolt, which objections alleged that the said special assessment is in excess of the maximum per centum permitted by the statute, in that it was in excess of 25 per cent of the actual value of said property. It was also urged in said objection that the special paving assessment is not in proportion to the special benefits conferred upon said property, but is in excess of said benefits. The first ground of the…
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