Govers v. City of New Rochelle

The plaintiff brings this action under section 1638 of the Code of Civil Procedure claiming that an assessment levied by the defendant against her property to defray a portion of the expense of laying out, opening and grading Division street, be*353tween Huguenot and Main streets, is ilegal and void because made in excess of the jurisdiction of the council of the city of New Rochelle in creating the district of assessment. Pursuant to the resolution of the council two-thirds of the expense of laying out the new street was assessed upon all the property within the city limits and paid for by a…