Pate v. . Banks’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “`Pavement' assessments, as is said in Raleigh v. Peace , 110 N.C. 32 , are like these assessments for drainage purposes, being `founded upon the principle that the land abutting upon the improvement receives a benefit over and above the property of the citizens generally, and should be charged with the value of such peculiar benefits,' and `do not authorize a personal judgment against the owner of the property,'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Comrs. v. . Sparks

2. “These `public charges' are entirely different from a mortgage which is to secure an indebtedness of the mortgagor for a benefit such as money borrowed, or other purpose, already received, nor like the laborer's or mechanic's lien, which is for benefit already received, and which is primarily a personal debt of the employer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Comrs. v. . Sparks