Dewey v. Des Moines
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. The petition in this case was filed by the plaintiff in error to set aside certain assessments upon his lots in Des Moines, in •the State of Iowa, which had been imposed thereon for the purpose of paying for the paving of the street upon which the lots abutted, and to obtain a judgment enjoining proceedings towards tbeir sale, and adjudging'that there was no personal liability to pay the excess of the assessment above the…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. The petition in this case was filed by the plaintiff in error to set aside certain assessments upon his lots in Des Moines, in •the State of Iowa, which had been imposed thereon for the purpose of paying for the paving of the street upon which the lots abutted, and to obtain a judgment enjoining proceedings towards tbeir sale, and adjudging'that there was no personal liability to pay the excess of the assessment above the amount realized upon the sale of the lots. The petition alleged that the petitioner was at all times during the proceedings…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The only one of the assignments of error made in the state Supreme Court which has reference to any Federal question is the one set forth in the statement of facts, and ■it will be seen that such assignment relates solely to the validity of the provision- for the personal liability imposed upon plaintiff in error by the judgment of the district court. None of the other assignments of error involves any Federal question.
In the brief for plaintiff in error in this court it is said that the “ counsel for plaintiff in error in the state court seem to have relied upon one single proposition only…
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