Buckley v. City of Tacoma

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

— The enabling act for cities of the first class (Gen. Stat., § 520) provides that any such city framing a charter for its own government shall have power:

(Subd. 10.) “To provide for making local improvements and to levy and collect special assessments on property benefited- thereby, and for paying for the same or any portion thereof. ’ ’

(Subd. 13.) “To determine what work shall be done or improvement made at the expense, in whole or in part, of the owners of the adjoining, contiguous, or proximate property, or others specially benefited…