Nichols v. City of Spokane

Citations

• 91 Wash. 235
• 157 P. 863
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1054

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Public Improvements- — Reassessments ■ — Subsequent Statutes. As ttie legislature may authorize a reassessment even where the work was ordered done' without any initial jurisdiction or power in the city, a reassessment may be made under an act passed subsequent to the making of the improvement and the original assessment roll.</p> <p>Same — Reassessment—Apportionment — Statutes. A reassessment being a proceeding de novo in which the council may enlarge the district, a reassessment upon an enlarged district need not be made in accordance with the five-zone system, as required of original assessments by 3 Rem. & Bal. Code, §7892-13; there being no such statutory requirement for reassessments.</p>