Sterling Realty Co. v. City of Bellevue

The city of Bellevue appeals from a judgment permanently enjoining that city from attempting to assess respondents’ properties by any method or device whereby local improvement district 59-S-13 would, be divided into separate assessment units for the sole purpose of assessing the right-of-way acquisition costs against the ■ unit from which the right-of-way was acquired.

The history of local improvement district 59-S-13 and of the litigation which ensued is as follows:

In May, 1960, the Bellevue City Council passed ordinance 359, establishing a local improvement district designated as LID…