Mistake of law by municipality will not raise implied obligation on part of property owner to pay for improvement.

- When there is no legal liability resting on a citizen and abutting property owner to pay for public improvements or paving of a street, the law will not raise an implied obligation or quasi-contract to pay to the municipality making the improvements for the increased value of the owner's property arising because of the paving, even though the municipality at the time of the making of the improvements was laboring under a mistake of law as to the municipality's authority to levy assessments against the abutting property owner to pay for a proportionate part of the cost of making the improvements. City of Hogansville v. Daniel, 52 Ga. App. 12, 182 S.E. 78 (1935).

Immediate use of improvement to benefit abutting property not necessary.

- Assessment against property for public improvements is not illegal because the improvement may not be immediately used beneficially in connection with the abutting property in its present condition. Incorporated Invs., Inc. v. City of Atlanta, 176 Ga. 509, 168 S.E. 10 (1933).

Property owner may be estopped to raise issue of confiscation.

- When a city has obtained jurisdiction to make an assessment, and all the provisions of the act authorizing the assessment have been complied with, the property owner has been given fair opportunity to object, but fails to do so, and stands by and sees the improvement made without entering objection, the owner is estopped to raise the question of confiscation. City of McRae v. Folsom, 191 Ga. 272, 11 S.E.2d 900 (1940).

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Eminent Domain, § 345. 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Highways, Streets, and Bridges, § 307.

C.J.S.

- 29A C.J.S., Eminent Domain, § 360. 40 C.J.S., Highways, § 375 et seq. 64 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 1281.

ALR.

- Qualification of owner of property affected by public improvement to act in making assessment, 2 A.L.R. 1207.

Loss of right to contest assessment in proceeding for street or sewer improvement by waiver, estoppel, or the like, 9 A.L.R. 634.

Loss of right to contest assessment in drainage proceeding by waiver, estoppel, or the like, 9 A.L.R. 842.

Validity of promise based on invalid paving assessment, 20 A.L.R. 1326.

Validity of assessment for local improvement as affected by contingency upon which the award of a contract for a related improvement is dependent, 29 A.L.R. 832.

Excessiveness or unfairness of assessment for highway improvement on property of railroad company, 48 A.L.R. 497.

Assessments for improvements by the front-foot rule, 56 A.L.R. 941.

Necessity that additional assessment in proceeding for local improvement precede incurring liability in excess of the original assessment, 63 A.L.R. 1179.

Validity of ad valorem tax for highway purposes without attempt to apportion on basis of benefits, 72 A.L.R. 1103.

Liability of abutting property to assessment for street paving as affected by character or extent of traffic, 73 A.L.R. 1295.

Classification as regards counties or other political divisions permissible in statute imposing cost of construction or maintenance of highways upon property specially benefited, 77 A.L.R. 1285.

Lump-sum assessment for taxes or public improvement against property owned by cotenants in undivided shares, 80 A.L.R. 862.

Statute authorizing or requiring reassessment for public improvement when original assessment is invalid or void as applicable when proceedings leading to original assessment were without jurisdiction, 83 A.L.R. 1190.

Public property as subject to special assessment for improvement, 90 A.L.R. 1137.

Power and duty to include in a periodical special assessment the amount of a deficiency for a previous period resulting from delinquent assessments which may eventually be paid, 96 A.L.R. 1275.

Diversion of traffic into business district by opening new route as special benefit for which assessment may be made, 96 A.L.R. 1380.

Property unit for purposes of assessment for street or other local improvement as affected by owner's disregard of original lot lines or creation of new ones, 104 A.L.R. 1049.

Duration of lien of special assessment and period of limitation of action for its enforcement as affected by adoption of installment plan of payment, 114 A.L.R. 399.

Personal liability of property owner to pay assessments for local improvements, 127 A.L.R. 551; 167 A.L.R. 1030.

Constitutionality of classification of streets as regards source of payment for improvements, 127 A.L.R. 1090.

Applicability of statute of limitations to action to enforce special assessments as affected by question whether imposition or enforcement of the assessment is an exercise of a governmental function, 136 A.L.R. 572.

Manner of enforcing special assessments against public property, 150 A.L.R. 1394.

Unimproved strip or area separating property from improved portion of street as affecting assessability of property for street improvement, 166 A.L.R. 1083.

Validity and effect of agreement by property owners or occupants to pay cost of, or assessment against property for, local improvement, 167 A.L.R. 1030.

Power to include in special assessment interest accruing during the construction of the public improvement and running until the special assessments therefor become due, 58 A.L.R.2d 1343.

Liability with respect to improvement assessments or charges as between vendor and purchaser, 59 A.L.R.2d 1044.

Exclusiveness of method prescribed by statute or ordinance for enforcement of special assessment for public improvement or service, 88 A.L.R.2d 1250.

What property "abuts" on improvement so as to be subject to assessment, 97 A.L.R.2d 1079.

Duty as between life tenant and remainderman as respects payment of improvement assessments, 10 A.L.R.3d 1309.

Exemption of public school property from assessments for local improvements, 15 A.L.R.3d 847.