Riggs-Orr Investment Co. v. City of Omaha

Defendants city of Omaha and School District of the city of Omaha appeal from judgments against them for separate amounts.

Plaintiff was the owner of a tract at the northwest corner of Harney and Twentieth streets in Omaha, fronting south on Harney street 95 feet and east on Twentieth street 132 feet. In April, 1926, the county assessor duly assessed the entire tract, and in August, 1926, the taxes on the tract were duly levied, with certain portions thereof for the 1927 taxes for the city and the school district.

*698On March 30, 1926, the city passed an ordinance declaring the necessity of…