City of Dubuque v. Wooton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeals from General Term, Ki/nth District {Dubuque County). These are equitable actions to enforce tbe payment of certain assessments made by tbe city for grading, paving and macadamizing certain streets. The assessments were made upon the lots abutting upon the streets improved, and the petitions ask that the same be declared liens upon the lots; each lot to be charged with its proper portion of the expense of the improvement of the street adjacent thereto.
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Appeals from General Term, Ki/nth District {Dubuque County). These are equitable actions to enforce tbe payment of certain assessments made by tbe city for grading, paving and macadamizing certain streets. The assessments were made upon the lots abutting upon the streets improved, and the petitions ask that the same be declared liens upon the lots; each lot to be charged with its proper portion of the expense of the improvement of the street adjacent thereto. A decree for plaintiffs in each ease was rendered in the District Court. Defendants appealed to the General Term, where the judgments…
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, «T.
The charter of the city of Dubuque contains the following provision: “ The city may levy a special tax on any lot or lots, or the owner thereof, on any alley, street or highway, or on any part thereof, for the purpose of grading, paving or macadamizing the same, or for the purpose of grading, paving or curbing the sidewalks, and may collect the same under such regulations as may be prescribed by ordinance.” Acts of 6th GreD. Assembly, chap. 210, § 21.
In pursuance of this statute, and for the purpose of providing for the exercise of the power therein conferred, an ordinance of the…
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