Legal Opinion
Ankeny v. City of Spokane
Washington Supreme Court
Decided August 21, 1916No. 13056PublishedCited by 13 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Blake, J., entered April 12, 1915, confirming an assessment roll for a public improvement upon appeal from the city council, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
Section 6 of chapter 98 of the Laws of 1911, p. 442, relating to local improvements in cities and towns, as amended by chapter 131 of the Laws of 1913, p. 409 (omitting parts not essential to the questions in controversy here), reads as follows:
“Section 6. Whenever the public interest or convenience may require, the council, or other legislative authority of any such city or town, is hereby authorized to order the whole or any part of the streets . . . within any such city or town to be . . . improved, and to order . . . street lighting systems, together with the cost, and expense of…
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