Milton O. & Phyllis A. Thorson Revocable Estate Trust v. City of West Des Moines

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• noting distinction between general community benefit and special benefit of public improvement in context of special assessment
• “[S]treet paving projects usually confer both general and special benefits,” but “[t]he abutting property owners . . . obtain additional benefits for which they must separately pay”
• “[S]treet paving projects usually confer both general and special benefits, and the abutting property owners are not required to pay for the general benefits accruing to the community at large.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).