Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. City of Seattle

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 20, 1906No. 5942PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Frater, L, entered September 30, 1905, after a hearing on, the merits, granting a writ of mandate to compel a city to make a reassessment for a local improvement.

1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.

— The city of Seattle, acting under its powers as a city of the first class, caused one of its principal streets (Howard avenue), together with certain connecting streets, to be graded, paved with asphalt, and otherwise improved; declaring, in the preliminary resolution, that it was its intention to assess the costs thereof to the property sper cially benefited by the improvement. The plan adopted was that prescribed by the act of hi arch 14, 1899, which provides that bonds may be issued to pay the cost of a street improvement redeemable out of a fund created by a special assessment on the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Davidson v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Stuart v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  3. State ex rel. Brown v. McQuadeWashington Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Garvin v. DaussmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
  5. Buckley v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1894

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. East Hoquiam Co. v. City of HoquiamWashington Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Kuehl v. City of EdmondsWashington Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Hapgood v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Johnson v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Ullmann v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1914

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