Christoff v. City of Gladstone

This is an appeal by four of eleven property owners in the city of Gladstone whose complaint for a permanent injunction prohibiting the levy of a special assessment for the laying of water mains was denied by the trial court. Plaintiffs’ properties are situated along Lowrie Avenue which runs parallel to and some distance back of a high bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. Plaintiffs constructed residences on their property, three of which set back from Lowrie Avenue some 400 feet, and the fourth 650 feet from the street. As there was no available city water in the bluff area, all plaintiffs,…