Jacobs v. City of Paris
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Logan Chancery Court, Northern District; Wm. A. Falconer, Chancellor; 1. The power to assess real property for local improvements depends upon the assent of a majority in value of the owners. Without such assent the proceedings are void.
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Appeal from Logan Chancery Court, Northern District; Wm. A. Falconer, Chancellor; 1. The power to assess real property for local improvements depends upon the assent of a majority in value of the owners. Without such assent the proceedings are void. Art. 19, § 27, Const.; 50 Ark. 116; 59 Id. 344; 67 Id. 30; 84 Id. 395; 99 Id. 508; 116 Id. 167; 123 Id. 327. See also 99 Id. 508; 127 Ark. 418. The decision of the council is not conclusive. . 2. The limitation of thirty days in the act only applies to irregularities and objections to proper parties to sign petitions and deeds, etc. It does not…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
This suit was instituted by the appellants against the appellees, the city of Paris and commissioners of certain local improvement districts in that city. The complaint set up, in substance, that ten resident owners of real estate in each of the respective districts had petitioned for the formation of. the district, and that the ordinance was duly passed by the town council laying off the districts; that petitions were presented by the real estate owners within the districts praying for the improvements to be made, and the city council, by resolution, fixed a day for the hearing of these…
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- Shibley v. Fort SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
- Board of Directors of Jefferson County Bridge District v. CollierSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Bell v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Improvement District No. 1 v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
- Waters v. WhitcombSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
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