Phillip Gray, Linda Gray, Randall Ingram, Loren Meyer, Linda Meints-Meyer, Dennis Ripperger, Mary Ripperger, Lucille Mae Sindric, James Steffen, and Tracy Steffen v. City of Indianola, Iowa

HECHT, Justice.

Several property owners sued the city of Indianola challenging the special assessments levied for paving a gravel road abutting their property and installing a sidewalk. The district court found the property owners had been assessed in excess of the special benefits received from the project and reduced the assessments. The city appealed. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

I. Factual and Procedural Background.

Plaintiffs own residential acreages along West Euclid Avenue on the west edge of the city of Indianola. West Euclid was a gravel road…