Drainage District No. 119, Clay County v. Incorporated City of Spencer

MASON, Justice (Serving by special assignment).

Plaintiff, Drainage District No. 119 of Clay County and the Board of Supervisors of Clay County acting on behalf of said Drainage District No. 119, appeals from the trial court’s ruling sustaining defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the ground plaintiff was not entitled to any relief as a matter of law.

Plaintiff instituted an action seeking declaratory relief against the City of Spencer (City) and the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT). Plaintiff had alleged that defendants had each refused to pay the assessments incurred for the…