City of Bloomfield v. Standley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Davis District Court. — C. W. Vermilion, Judge. These are actions involving the same questions and, although not consolidated or submitted together, they will be disposed of in one opinion. Each is an appeal from a special assessment against defendant’s property by the city council, for grading, curbing and paving certain streets upon which the property abutted.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Municipal corporations : construction of public improvements : paving: resolution of necessity: sufficiency: “method of construction” Sometime in the year 1912, the city council of the city of Bloomfield concluded to grade, pave, curb and gutter some of the streets thereof and, to that end, gave notice of a proposed resolution of necessity. This notice was published for the required time, and the resolution was passed. Thereafter, proposals for bids were published, and these' bids were submitted to the council and contracts were entered into. The work of construction was commenced in season…
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