Tocci v. City of Three Forks

Landowners appeal a judgment of the Gallatin County District Court upholding special improvement district assessments by the City of Three Forks. The assessments were made to recapture engineering and legal expenses in creating a SID for improvements which were never completed by the City. The project was completed privately after the municipal bond failed to sell. Finding neither a statutory basis for the assessment nor a benefit to the property involved, we reverse the judgment of the District Court.

Raymond Tocci on behalf of himself and other landowners petitioned the City of Three Forks…