Dunn v. City of Sioux City

‘Plaintiffs are the owners of Lot Four (4) in Block Nine (9), of Coe Second Addition to Sioux City in Woodbury County, State of Iowa. The lot is 50 feet north and south and 150 feet east and west. The east end of the lot has a house on it and fronts on Helmer Street. The west end of the lot is vacant and abuts on Ruby Street.

The city council, proceeding under chapter 391 of the 1958 Code, proposed to pave Ruby Street past Lot 4. The council, over the objections of plaintiffs, assessed all of Lot 4 in the sum of $413.09. In so doing the council valued all of Lot 4 at $3280. Plaintiffs appealed…