Vreeland v. City of Tacoma

Citations

• 48 Wash. 625
• 94 P. 192
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 931

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — -Assessments—Collateral Attack. A special assessment may be attacked collaterally where the city had no power to make any levy for the purpose, although no objections were made before the city council.</p> <p>Same — -Power to Levy Assessment — Nature of Improvement— Water Mains — Charter-—Construction. A city of the first class having general power to levy special assessments for local improvements, and to determine what work shall be done on that plan, may levy assessments for the construction of water mains, although that subject is not generally mentioned; and a provision limiting the amount to be expended for streets and sewers does not restrict the power to those subjects, especially where charter regulations respecting the method of assessment for street improvements, expressly refers to all other public improvements when the cost is to be charged against the property.</p>