Backer v. City of Sidney

In reconsidering syllabus No. 3 in the original opinion, 165 Neb. 816, 87 N. W. 2d 610, we conclude that it should be withdrawn and in its place the following substituted: The most satisfactory distinction between general and special benefits is that general benefits are those which arise from the fulfillment of the public object which justified the taking, and special benefits are those which arise from the peculiar relation of the land in question to the public improvement. In other words the general benefits are those which result from the enjoyment of the facilities provided by the new…