Wabeke v. City of Holland

Plaintiffs, the owners of certain residential lots which abut South Shore Drive in the City of Holland, have challenged the validity of special assessments levied upon them by the City of Holland to help pay for the widening, resurfacing, draining and curbing of South Shore Drive.

Circuit Judge Harold Van Domelen found that the plaintiffs would receive no special benefits from the proposed improvements to South Shore Drive over and above the benefit conferred on the community in general, and permanently enjoined the City of Holland from levying a special assess*218ment upon plaintiffs. From that…