Gordon v. Street Improvement District No. 1

Lyle Broww, Justice.

Two complaints were filed by a total of six property owners (appellants here) challenging the formation of, and validity of assessments levied by, Street Improvement District No. 1 of Gillett. The trial court held the District to have been legally formed and the challenged assessments valid.

The District was formed in 1964 and covered the entire city, or town, of Gillett. At that time a part of only two streets in Gillett were hard-surfaced. The new program called for the hard-surfacing of a great majority of all business and residential streets. These suits were filed in…