Hedges v. City Commission of City of Albuquerque

COMPTON, Justice.

Appellants, abutting landowners in Street Improvement District 90, seek to permanently enjoin the City Commission of Albuquerque from levying a special assessment on their property to defray a part of the paving cost in the district.

On February 8, 1955, the City Commission of Albuquerque adopted Resolution Number 1 designating a portion of Central Avenue West as proposed Street Improvement District 90. The Resolution directed that the cost of improvements be assessed on a frontage basis against the properties benefited thereby, and directed a consulting engineering firm to…