Bell v. Phillips
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Washington Chancery Court; L. H. McGill, Special Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On December 5,1912, there was presented to the city council of Fayetteville a petition signed by ten resident owners' of real property within a proposed improvement district in the city of Fayetteville, praying for an improvement district. The petition described the property as follows: “Dickson street from the west line of the St. Louis & S. F. By.
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Appeal from Washington Chancery Court; L. H. McGill, Special Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On December 5,1912, there was presented to the city council of Fayetteville a petition signed by ten resident owners' of real property within a proposed improvement district in the city of Fayetteville, praying for an improvement district. The petition described the property as follows: “Dickson street from the west line of the St. Louis & S. F. By. Co. right-of-way to the west line of College avenue, Block street from Dickson street, the Public Square, East street from Dickson street to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). (1) The court correctly found that the original petition upon which ordinances 301 and 304 were based “was insufficient because it did not contain any description of the boundaries of the proposed district and because it could not be ascertained therefrom what territory was .included in the proposed district.”
In Kraft v. Smothers, 103 Ark. 269, 272, we said: “The foundation of the improvement was the petition of the owners of real property situated in the proposed district. Under the statute, the extent and character of the improvement as expressed in the…
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