Chapman & Dewey Land Co. v. Osceola & Little River Road Improvement District No. 1
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court; Chas. D. Frierson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is an appeal from a decree of the chancery court of Mississippi County, Osceola District, sustaining a demurrer and dismissing the complaint of appellants, which sought to enjoin the commissioners and other officers of the Osceola & Little River Road Improvement District No. 1 from taking any steps toward the construction of the improvement contemplated by the district.
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Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court; Chas. D. Frierson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is an appeal from a decree of the chancery court of Mississippi County, Osceola District, sustaining a demurrer and dismissing the complaint of appellants, which sought to enjoin the commissioners and other officers of the Osceola & Little River Road Improvement District No. 1 from taking any steps toward the construction of the improvement contemplated by the district. It is unnecessary to set out the complaint in haec verba. The first paragraph sets up that the appellants are corporations…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). Counsel for appellants state in their abstract that this appeal “is from a decree sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, which assailed the validity of the organization of the Osceola & Little River Road Improvement District No. 1.” And in their brief they contend that the organization of the district was invalid under the decision of this court in Lamberson v. Collins, 123 Ark. 205. In that case we held that a judgment establishing a certain road improvement district was void because the provisions of Act 338 of the Acts of 1915, requiring, among other…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lamberson v. CollinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
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