75 Iowa 353 | Iowa | 1888
— The plaintiff is a resident of and the owner of real estate in the city of Council Bluffs. Since the taking effect of chapter 20, Acts Twentieth General Assembly, the city of Council Bluffs passed an ordinance providing for the assessment and collection of special assessments made by the city to pay for improving the streets, and making the same liens on abutting real estate. The ordinance provided that the city council, when the work has been done, and assessments
Reversed.