Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R. v. Lindquist
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Webster District Oourt. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. The petition alleged plaintiff’s ownership of lots 1, 2, 8, 4, and 5 in block 67, and lots 1, 2, and 8, in block 68, in Town Oompany’s addition to Ft.
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Appeal from, Webster District Oourt. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. The petition alleged plaintiff’s ownership of lots 1, 2, 8, 4, and 5 in block 67, and lots 1, 2, and 8, in block 68, in Town Oompany’s addition to Ft. Dodge; that in 1899 the city constructed a storm sewer in the alley intersecting block 67, south of the lots mentioned therein, turning south in Third street, which separates them; that the cost thereof was assessed against said lots according to the number of square feet in each, without regard to the benefits conferred; that said improvement was of no benefit to said lots; that…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
i. sewer as-front foot' rule: constitutionaiity. The storm sewer was constructed along the alley intersecting block sixty-seven of the Town Company’s addition to Ft. Dodge immediately south of plaintiff’s lots. Next east of this block, with Third street between them, is block sixty-eight, # 1/0 7 which, as the sewer turns south, is adjacent, but does not abut the property. All abutting lots were assessed for the payment of the cost of the sewers according to the front-foot rule. The point decided by the trial court was that the statute authorizing this was unconstitutional, relying on Village…
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