189 P. 768 | Mont. | 1920
delivered the opinion of the court.
By his complaint in the court below the appellant sought to restrain the city of Billings, its mayor and other officers, from levying the cost of the improvements constructed in Improvement District 168 in excess of $1.50 per lineal foot, plus the cost of curb and gutters against his property situated within that district. He alleges that all the steps required by law to put the work in motion were followed by the respondent
By Chapter 175, Laws of 1919, sections 3413-3417, Revised Codes, providing for the .creation of a special improvement district for the construction or acquisition of a system of waterworks, and the collection of special assessments to pay for the
The sections of the Revised Codes repealed by the later Act made provision for the construction of municipal waterworks; the creation of districts for that purpose; for the issuance of warrants, and specified the mode in which the levy and collection of special assessments should be carried out.
Appellant in his brief contends that the words in section 2
The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.