Shryock v. Hannenen

Citations

• 61 Wash. 296
• 112 P. 377
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1334

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Improvements-—Local Assessments— Description of Lots. A local assessment ordinance for street improvements sufficiently describes the lots to be assessed as all the lots and land abutting on the designated portions of the street, to the depth of 120 feet, without giving the block and lot numbers.</p> <p>Same — Irregular Block. A local assessment for street improvements on abutting property to the depth of 120 feet is properly limited to that portion of an irregular block which is within 120 feet of the street.</p> <p>Same — Unplatted Land. An irregular block not platted into lots, and used for railroad purposes is properly assessed for local improvements as unplatted land.</p> <p>Same — Districts—Parties Entitled to Object. Abutting owners within an assessment district cannot complain that the district improperly included the lands of others not subject to the assessment.</p> <p>Same — Inequalities-—Benefits. Inequalities of a local assessment upon lands similarly situated will not avoid the assessment if the record does not show that the differences were arbitrary, or that the property assessed the highest did not receive a greater benefit.</p> <p>Same — Costs. The reasonable cost of preliminary surveys and advertising may be included in a local assessment.</p>