Austin v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Certified from Superior Court, King Cownty. Action by J. E. Austin and John H. Carr against the city of Seattle to enjoin tbe issuance and sale of street improvement bonds. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
*668The opinion of the court was delivered by
Stiles, J.
— There are two questions presented for decision in this case: (1) Is the provision of § 7, article 8 of the charter of the city of Seattle, adopted October 1, 1890, constitutional, it providing that the cost of improving streets in that city shall be assessed and levied upon the property benefited thereby and abutting thereon, to the center of the blocks, or to the distance of 120 feet on each side of the improvement, if the abutting land is not platted, and that the said cost shall be assessed upon such property in proportion to the number…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- City of Chicago v. LarnedIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
- White v. People ex rel. City of BloomingtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
- Mayor of Birmingham v. KleinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
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