McNamara v. Estes
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. Municipal corporations : power to make assessments, etc. — This cause involves questions concerning the validity of certain macadamizing assessments, levied by the city of Keokuk upon the lots of the appellants, Estes and ITulburt, and concerning the regularity'and correctness of certain proceedings and rulings of the District Court prior to and on the trial.
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Appeal from Lee District Court. Municipal corporations : power to make assessments, etc. — This cause involves questions concerning the validity of certain macadamizing assessments, levied by the city of Keokuk upon the lots of the appellants, Estes and ITulburt, and concerning the regularity'and correctness of certain proceedings and rulings of the District Court prior to and on the trial. The material allegations of the petition are in substance these, viz.: That in 1858, the city of Keokuk assessed and levied a certain special tax on certain lots, for the purpose of paying and discharging…
1Opinion of the CourtDillon, J.
1. COrporation municipal: Keokuk city: tax deed. I. The appellants claim that the collector’s deed, filed as an exhibit to appellee’s petition,- is invalid, because it was not executed in the name of the “ city of Keokuk.” The deed, after full and formal recitals of the power under which it is made, the assessment of the special tax, notice of sale, the sale, etc., proceeds:
“ Now know ye that I, C. C. Stevens, collector of the city of Keokuk, by virtue of the authority vested in me *253and the sum of, etc., * * do, by these presents, in the name of the city of Keokuk, sell and convey, etc. In…
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