Manning v. City of Ames
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Story District Court. — R. M. Wright, Judge. Aotion in equity, to enjoin tbe collection of special assessments levied to pay for certain work of repair and reconstruction of paving in tbe city of Ames. A decree was granted as prayed, and tbe city appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFaville, J.
Main Street is tbe principal business street of tbe appellant city. It is six blocks long, and extends east and west. Grand, Duff, Douglas, and Kellogg Avenues are all streets of said city, wbicb are at right angles to Main Street. Previous to the year 1918, all of Main Street, and a portion of each of the other named streets, bad been paved with creosoted wood block paving. , In said year, a portion of said paving was out of repair, and on July 15, 1918, tbe city council passed a preliminary resolution of necessity for repairing tbe same. Due publication of tbe notice of the bearing on this…
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