Any person having any interest in any property against which any assessment shall have been made or levied under the provisions of this article shall have the right to contest the assessment or the validity thereof, or the regularity of any proceeding with reference to the assessment, or the special benefits received by the owner of such property, by filing suit in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof, in which suit the city shall be defended; provided, that such suit shall be brought within 10 days from the date of the passage of the ordinance levying such assessment against such property and if not so brought, then the owner or other person having an interest in the property shall thereafter be barred and estopped to question the validity of such proceedings, assessment, liability and lien thereby fixed. This bar and estoppel shall apply to the heirs, assigns, successors and legal representatives of such person. (Code 1941, Art. 86-55)