Perkins v. City of Kennewick

The plaintiff as holder of local improvement district bonds issued by the city of Kennewick brought this action to foreclose the lien of local improvement assessments levied for the payment thereof.

The appellants own property situated in the improvement district. They were not made parties to the action, hut intervened as defendants. The plaintiff demurred to the intervenors’ affirmative defense, the demurrer was sustained, and the intervenors elected to stand on their affirmative answer.

The following seem to be the admitted facts:

The assessment roll of local improvement district No. 16 was…