Smith v. City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Folic District Court. — Hon. O. P. Holmes, Judge. Action in equity to enjoin tbe collection of special assessments for grading and paving a street, and for the cancellation of the assessments. There was a hearing on the merits, and a decree in favor of the defendant, the city of Des Moines, and the intervener, the Flint Brick Company. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBobinson, J.
Lots numbered 19, 20, and 21 of Wilson T. Smith’s'subdivision of part of lots 10 and 11 of Dean’s outlots, in the city of Des Moines, extend lengthwise from north to south, are one hundred and forty-six feet in length, and are numbered from west to east. Each lot, as platted, was fifty feet in width; but, when platted, Pennsylvania avenue, which extends from north to south, and bounded lot 21 on its east side, was not of full width, and the east part of lot 21, constituting a strip forty feet wide, and extending the entire length of the lot, was added to the avenue, to widen it. That left a…
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