Tuttle v. Polk
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. F. Conrad, Judge. Action in equity to recover amounts alleged to be due on assessment certificates issued for paving, and to establish liens therefor. There was a hearing on the merits and a decree in favor of the plaintiff. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
In December, 1887, the plaintiff commenced against the defendants three actions in equity to recover amounts alleged to be due by reason of the paving of streets in front of different lots owned by the defendants in the city of Des Moines. The paving was done under an agreement with Regan Brothers & Company, which was under consideration in Coggeshall v. City of Des Moines, 78 Iowa, 236, 41 N. W. 617, and 42 N. W. Rep. 650. It was held in that case that the agreement was unauthorized, by reason of the failure of the city council to determine in ad*435vanee the character of the paving, and the…
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