Sperry v. City of Spokane

— In 1928, the city council of Spokane, upon petition of the requisite number of property owners affected, created a local improvement district for the purpose of installing and maintaining water pipes throughout the district, and watering and improving parking spaces between the sidewalk and the curb in front of many pieces of property, as well as central parking strips located within the street lines of several of the streets.

This district was to be so maintained for a period of three years. It extended from Seventeenth avenue on the north to Twenty-seventh avenue on the south, being about…