Legal Opinion

Sutton v. Mentzer

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 19, 1912PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Page District Court. — Hon. W. R. Green, Judge. Action to enjoin the collection' of costs of paving a street 'apportioned to and assessed against the several lots of’ plaintiffs. On bearing, the petition was dismissed, and plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.

Maple street, in the city of Shenandoab. *3from Fifth avenue to Summit avenue, was paved, fifteen feet on each side the center and the costs apportioned and assessed against the lots along’ said street.

The validity of the proceedings under which this was done is not questioned by the plaintiffs otherwise than in contending that their lots against which portions of the costs were levied do not abut said street. As platted, this street was eighty feet wide from Fifth avenue south to the alley between Eighth and Ninth avenues, and was sixty feet wide from Fifth avenue north a half block, and from…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Quinn v. BaageSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  2. McLachlan v. Incorporated Town of GraySupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
  3. Ridgway v. City of OsceolaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  4. Marion Water Co. v. City of MarionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
  5. Markham v. City of AnamosaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Simmons v. HOLMOregon Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Bridges v. Incorporated Town of Grand ViewSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
  3. Langle v. BrauchSupreme Court of Iowa · 1921
  4. Bruder v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1929
  5. Hubbell v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915

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