Legal Opinion

Snyder v. City of Belle Plaine

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 25, 1917Published

Appeal from Benton District Court. — B. F. Cummings, Judge. Appellants appealed to the district court* from the assessment of benefits by the city council on account of the cost of paving certain streets in the city of Belle Blaine. Tn the district court, upon hearing, the assessment of the city council was sustained. The same parties appeal from the finding and judgment of the district court. —

1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.

1' tobpoSAons : provompnts: distribution of excess costs. I. F. E. Snyder, C. W. E. Snyder and Angeline Snyder are each own-ops of lots, or tracts of land, m the city of Belle Blaine, Iowa, abutting upon ’certain streets recently improved by paving and guttering. Each of said parties filed written objections in the office of the city clerk to the assessments proposed by the schedule of the engineer then on file against said property, upon the ground that a portion of the cost of paving certain corner lots was illegally included in the amount proposed to be assessed against their lots, and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R. v. LindquistSupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
  2. Early v. City of Ft. DodgeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  3. Stutsman v. City of BurlingtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  4. Carpenter v. City of HamburgSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
  5. Des Moines Union Railway Co. v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908

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