Burgess-Nash Building Co. v. City of Omaha

This is an action to have special taxes, levied against plaintiff’s real estate, adjudged void and to enjoin their collection. A general demurrer to plaintiff’s petition was sustained. Plaintiff elected not to further plead. Its action was dismissed, and it has appealed.

The taxes in question were levied for special benefits accruing to plaintiff's real estate by reason of the widening of Harney street between Twentieth and Twenty-fourth streets, in the city of Omaha. In its petition plaintiff set out in detail the proceedings by which the defendant city condemned and appropriated private…