Show NO BELIEF FOH assessments action vas ih biou ought ht too late says judge bates bate in bonit decision in the fall of 1919 a committee of richfield citizens petitioned the city council for a sewer line in their district and the council complied with nith que the request in the regular and lawful rn annei bi first publishing a notice of intention to establish district no 1 hearing protests pio tests and finally in 1920 passing parsing the oi 01 denance levying the tax ta for the as ses of the abutting property owners after the meeting of the board of as provided by b law an ordinance was nas passed in march 1920 confirming ohp th a assessment of 1 80 per fiant foot the total of this special tax ta inched more than after more than four years yearb had elapsed some of the property owners came before the cit council ith the petition to assume suerte suir te one half of the special assessment for the relief of the petitioners petition ers to lo settle the que question tion suit was nas filed in the sixth sith judicial court the petition ers being the plaintiffs the city cit of richfield the defendant and attorney T TA A hunt the anten inters enor judge IN 3 bates decided in the case that th suit was filed a year ear too late to have haie a standing in ohp court because bebau e the law prescribes that four years ears is the limit for such action to I 1 e commenced the decision also announces that the time for making linking objections is when lion the city council sits as a board of equalization and if no objection is il made at thit time anti and the city fin Is ahat the cost to the property owners oner corresponds uth nith the alue of the improvement pro the finding of the board of equalization is conclusive except for i fraud mistakes and gross injustice and such grievances must be litigated not itei gatei than four years ears thereafter unless an appeal is taken to the supreme court the decision undoubtedly edl will cloe this case which might be pre judic al to mother another matter pending before the district dietri et court a number of property owners along main street buein the cita to assume a part of the special tax ti assessed against them when main was paved Attorn attorneys evs 11 N hiles II 11 lies anti and sterling K heppler will appear in the case in behalf of the pio ov manoi parley magleby for the city and T A hunt for inter lenors enors |