Farraher v. City of Keokuk
Decision Date | 10 May 1900 |
Citation | 111 Iowa 310,82 N.W. 773 |
Parties | FARRAHER v. CITY OF KEOKUK. |
Court | Iowa Supreme Court |
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Appeal from superior court of Keokuk; Rice H. Bell, Judge.
Plaintiff, the owner of a certain lot in the defendant city, brings this action to enjoin the sale of said lot for nonpayment of a special tax levied against it by the defendant on the ground that said tax is illegal and void. Defendant answered, in effect denying that the tax is illegal or void, and on hearing had a permanent injunction was granted as prayed. Defendant appeals. Affirmed.Hazen I. Sawyer, for appellant.
Ballinger & Wilson, for appellee.
1. The city of Keokuk exists under a special charter, but the sections of the Code to which we will refer are made applicable thereto by section 958. Section 779 confers “power to provide for the construction, re-construction and repair of permanent sidewalks and to assess the cost thereof on the lots or parcels of land in front of which the same shall be constructed.” It is further provided in said section: “But unless the owners of a majority of the linear feet of the property fronting on the improvements referred to in this section petition the council therefor, the same shall not be made unless three-fourths of all the members of the council shall by vote order the making thereof.” Section 780 is as follows: “Cities and towns shall have power to repair sidewalks without notice to the property owners, and assess the expense thereof on the property in front of which such repairs are made, and the same shall be certified and collected as other taxes.” Section 441: Section 442: On December 11, 1896, and again on April 14, 1897, the city engineer caused notice to be served on the plaintiff as follows: ...
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