Parker Hotel Company v. City of Grand Forks

TEIGEN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment quashing and vacating a writ of certiorari.

The plaintiffs brought this certiorari proceeding in the district court, claiming that the City Council of the City of Grand Forks exceeded its jurisdiction when it created Street Improvement District No. 5, Project No. 1999. It was created for the purpose of defraying the city’s share of the cost of construction of a proposed overhead railroad-highway separation structure (hereinafter referred to as an “overpass”), with the remainder of the cost to be contributed by the State of North Dakota by…