Powell v. City of Walla Walla
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Walla Walla county, Brents, J., entered February 20, 1911, in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial before the court without a jury, in an action to enjoin the execution of a contract for a public improvement.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The city of Walla Walla undertook to improve a street therein between certain designated points at the expense of the property benefited by the improvement. To that end it, by ordinance, adopted the plans and specifications for the work, created an assessment district, caused the cost of the work to be ascertained, and levied an assessment on property thought to be benefited to pay the same. It was *583about to enter into a contract for the performance of the work when this action was brought to enj oin it from so doing. The complaint was based chiefly on the contention that the assessment levied…
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