SCREENING STATEMENT

 

No. 08-0563

 

Franklin County No. EQCV500191

 

 

SHARON K. NELSON; G. JEAN

CONNELLY; JOHN P. RUSINACK

and BEVERLY A. RUSINACK,

husband and wife; LOIS JOHNSON,

          Plaintiffs-Appellants,

 

vs.

 

CITY OF HAMPTON, IOWA,

          Defendant-Appellee.

 

Trial Judge:          Bryan H. McKinley                          

 

Appellate Counsel:

          Raymond P. Drew, Hampton, for appellant.

 

          James R. Wainwright of Ahlers & Cooney, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

 

Trial Counsel:

          Appellate counsel for the parties.

 

Trial judgment date: 3-18-08

 

Ready date: 12-17-08

 

Case context: Residential property owners who were assessed for a share of the cost of street improvements for a new subdivision adjacent to their property appeal from a district court judgment entered in favor of the City on the owners' claim that the assessment was: (1) invalid, as it was imposed in violation of a city ordinance; and (2) excessive.