Corey v. City of Fort Dodge
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Webster District Court.— Hon. J. E. Whitaker, Judge. ' An action in equity to declare void and enjoin the collection of certain special assessments. The district court dismissed the petition, and the plaintiffs appeal.—
1Opinion of the Court
Weaver, 0. J.—
The city of Ft. Dodge, Iowa, after the usual preliminary proceedings, entered into several contracts with the Barber Asphalt Paving Company for paving certain streets or parts of streets in said city. Said contracts contained a provision 'by which the cost of the improvement was to be assessed against the abutting property, not to exceed in any ease twenty-five per cent, of the value of the property to be so charged, and the certificates of such special assessments or taxes were to be accepted by the contractor to the extent thereof, in payment for said improvements. It was also…
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