City of Paragould v. Milner
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court; J. F. Gautney, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant instituted this action in the circuit court of Greene County, alleging substantially as follows : That it is a public municipal corporation, with full power and authority to establish, open and widen streets and alleys for public purposes within its -corporate limits; that the defendant is the owner in fee of a certain tract or parcel of land in the city of Paragould, which it…
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court; J. F. Gautney, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant instituted this action in the circuit court of Greene County, alleging substantially as follows : That it is a public municipal corporation, with full power and authority to establish, open and widen streets and alleys for public purposes within its -corporate limits; that the defendant is the owner in fee of a certain tract or parcel of land in the city of Paragould, which it describes, said real estate being located at the northwest corner of Highland Avenue and Sixth Street, running three hundred…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). Article 12, section 9, of our Constitution, under the title, “Municipal and Private Corporations,” provides as follows: “No property, nor right-of-way, shall 'be appropriated to the use of any corporation until full compensation therefor shall be first made to the owner, in money, or first secured to him by a deposit of money, which compensation, irrespective of any benefit from any improvement proposed by such corporation, shall be ascertained by a jury of twelve men, in a court of competent jurisdiction, as shall be prescribed by law.”
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