Heavens v. King County Rural Library District

(dissenting) — The decision arrived at by the majority herein is not inevitably directed or absolutely required either by provisions of the state constitution or the constitution of the United States. Viewed realistically, *567the decision involves a policy judgment, or a matter of judgment as to values.

The issue in this case is cléar cut: If utilized for the establishment of a library, where does the local improvement district concept, device or mechanism fall on the legal spectrum of permissible and nonpermissible special assessments? The early case of Wilson v. Lambert, 168 U.S. 611, 42 L. Ed.…