Northern Light Lodge, No. 156 v. Town of Monona

The appellee brought this action in equity to enjoin the collection of a special assessment levied to pay the cost of constructing a sidewalk. Few, if any, of the material facts are in dispute. The plaintiff is a local lodge of an order commonly known as The Odd Fellows. Many years before this controversy arose, the lodge became the owner of about four acres of land. This land is within the toAvn limits, and, as we understand the record, it fronts on Iowa Street, adjoining the principal town cemetery. Having acquired the title, the lodge proceeded to plat the land (except a small strip…