Emerich v. Bourland

During the year 1907 an improvement district, known as Waterworks Improvement District No. 1, was formed in the city of Fort Smith, pursuant to general statutes, for the purpose of acquiring and operating a waterworks plant which had theretofore been built and operated by a private corporation. ■ There was a special statute expressly authorizing such acquisition by the district thus formed. The territory of that district was coextensive with the city limits as then existent, but the city limits were subsequently extended, and a large territory added to the city.

Later, another district, known…