Turner v. City of North Platte

This is an appeal from the dismissal by the District Court of plaintiffs’ petition in error. The plaintiffs-appellants are the owners of property abutting West “E” Street in the defendant City of North Platte. The petition in error was. filed after the city council, sitting as a board of equalization, levied special assessments for improvements to West “E” Street. The special assessments were levied pursuant to Nebraska’s “gap and extend” law, sections 18-2001 to 18-2005, R. R. S. 1943. Briefly stated, it is the position of the plaintiffs that the “gap and extend” procedure may be used only…