Olson v. City of Watertown

Defendant is a municipal corporation, and several years ago took steps to pave and did pave a certain street of the city. Plaintiffs are owners of abutting property upon which special assessments were levied to pay for the cost of the pavement. Claiming that the proceedings were void and that the city had no jurisdiction to enter into the contract for paving, plaintiff's on the 16th of September, 1921, brought an action to restrain the carrying out of a contract with the C. H. Atkinson Paving Company to pave the street and to restrain the levy and enforcement of a special assessment therefor…