Schumacher v. City of Clear Lake

I. Plaintiff’s property was specially assessed in 1930 for curbing and paving. The contract amounted to more than $5,000. By the resolution of necessity the entire cost, including cost of intersections, was to be levied as a special assessment. The contract called for extra excavation, which at the estimated yardage would amount to $600, but in fact amounted to less. There were deficits in the special assessments caused by reductions. The city paid for replacements of broken curbs and paid for incidentals. The result of these matters was that $1510.71 was paid from the general fund of the…