Coates v. City of Dubuque
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Dubuque Girov/it Court. This is an action in chancery, brought by the owners of certain real property abutting on Main street, in the city of Dubuque, by which they seek to enjoin the city from collecting certain taxes which are levied upon said property to pay for certain grading, curbing and macadamizing upon the street. There was a decree for the plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Notebook, J\
The improvement which is the subject of controversy was made upon Main street, from First to Eighth street. Main street is the principal business street of the *551city. In 1854 the city improved the street by macadamizing the same, and assessed one-half of the expense thereof to the owners of the abutting property. No other assessments were made against the owners of said property for improvements of the street until that of which plaintiffs now complain. In 1867 the city council authorized the Dubuque Street Railway Company to construct a line of railway upon Main street. A single…
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