Legal Opinion
Miller County Highway & Bridge Dist. v. Standard Pipe Line Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1927No. 7338PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SYMES, District Judge.
The Miller county highway district was created by a special act of the Legislature of Arkansas in 1915 (Laws 1915, p. 617), and empowered to construct 60 miles of highway and a bridge over the Red river. The usual district organization, consisting of a commission of three resident landowners, was provided for, with the power and duty to appoint three assessors to assess all benefits accruing as a result of the improvements to the real property within the district, including railroads, pipe lines, etc., and all other franchises connected with the realty in said district.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Spencer v. MerchantSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Houck v. Little River Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Myles Salt Co. v. Board of Comm'rs of Iberia and St. Mary Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
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- Board of Directors of Red River Levee Dist. No. 1 of Lafayette County v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1948