Wead v. City of Omaha

Plaintiffs sued to have adjudged void, and to enjoin the defendants from collecting, certain special assessments, levied by the city of Omaha by special levy ordinance No*. 5337 to cover, in part, the cost of lands appropriated by the defendant city for opening and extending St. Mary’s avenue from Twenty-seventh street to a point' on Leavenworth street between Thirty-first street and Thirty-first avenue. Decrees were entered for plaintiffs as prayed, and defendant has appealed.

Plaintiffs allege that their several parcels and tracts of land derived no special benefits from such public…