Edmonds Land Co. v. City of Edmonds

Citations

• 66 Wash. 201
• 119 P. 192
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1041

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Assessments — Jurisdiction — Lands Beyond City Limits. An assessment levied by a city for tbe construction of a dike, under Rem. & Bal. Code, §§ 7955-7964, upon property outside of the city is void, the city having no extraterritorial jurisdiction, in the absence of express statutory authority.</p> <p>Same — Estoppel—Jurisdiction. A city cannot acquire jurisdiction to levy an assessment on lands outside its limits by estoppel through the fact that the owner of the lands petitioned for the improvement, as the petition would not justify any proceeding in excess of the city’s jurisdiction, especially where objection was duly made to the unwarranted action at the first opportunity.</p>