Western Asphalt Paving Corp. v. City of Marshalltown

The plaintiff is the assignee of certain paving certificates issued by the city of Marshalltown in 1918 to the Western Construction Company, a paving contractor, for the payment of a portion of the cost of a street improvement constructed under contract with the city.

The defendants, other than the city and the county treasurer, are owners of property against which assessments were levied, who appeared before the city council and filed objections to the assessments. The objections were overruled by the council, the assessments were confirmed, and the certificates issued. Such property owners…