Knickerbocker Co. v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 69 Wash. 365
• 124 P. 922
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 911

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Streets—Assessments—Permanent or Temporary Street Repairs. The city charter and statute authorizing improvements to be made by planking, a plank roadway is a “permanent” improvement and not repair work, for which an assessment can be made, where it was intended for use until it wears out.</p> <p>Same. The power to levy special assessment for a street improvement is not exhausted by being once exercised.</p> <p>Same—Discretion op Council—Review. It is entirely within the discretion of the city to determine the necessity of an improvement, its character, and the materials out of which it shall be constructed.</p>