Lee v. Osceola & Little River Road Improvement District No. 1

Habt, J.,

(after stating the facts). The landowners rely for a reversal of the decree upon the ground that the title to 'the lands in controversy was in the United States at the time the original assessment of benefits was made, and that, after the road wag constructed, there could be no reassessment of benefits so as to include the lands in controversy, notwithstanding the fact that the title at the time of the reassessment of benefits had passed from the United States to the landowners sued in this action.

We do not agree with the landowners in their contention. It is true, as contended by…