Tiffany Family Trust Corp. v. City of Kent

Property belonging to appellant Tiffany was included in a local improvement district (LID) and was assessed a sum Tiffany considers so disproportionate to the benefit received as to be a taking and a violation of substantive due process. But the assessment must be regarded as conclusive because Tiffany did not timely appeal it in the manner provided by statute. Judicial review is available only if there was a jurisdictional defect in the LID proceedings. Neither the city of Kent’s manner of giving notice, nor the rationale by which the property was included in the LID, amounted to a…