Richman v. Supervisors Muscatine County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine District Court. — Hon,. C. M. Waterman, Judge. Certiorari to the board of supervisors of Muscatine county, to test the legality of certain proceedings pertaining to the construction of a levee on Muscatine island, and the assessment of the costs thereof on lands benefited thereby. There was a judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
In 1882 proceedings were instituted by the boards of supervisors of Muscatine and Louisa counties for the construction of a levee on Muscatine island, from a point near the city of Muscatine, in Muscatine county, to Port Louisa, in Louisa county, a distance of nearly twelve miles. The levee was constructed, and the costs thereof assessed against certain lands supposed to be benefited by the improvement, among the owners of which are the plaintiffs, some sixty in number. In a proceeding similar to this the action of the defendant board was set aside, and its proceedings adjudged void, by this…
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