City of Dallas City v. Steingraber

May 23, 1925, the city of Dallas City, a municipal corporation operating under the Commission Form of Municipal Government act, filed in the county court of Hancock county a petition under the Local Improvement act praying for the confirmation of a special assessment to be levied against the property benefited to pay the cost of a system of sewers to be laid in the streets and alleys of the city. Appellees filed a motion to dismiss the petition on the grounds, among others, (1) that there was not attached to or filed with the petition a copy of the ordinance providing for the improvement, or…