Gibson v. Incorporated Town of Hoxie
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lawrence Chancery Court, Eastern Division; Geo. T. Humphries, Chancellor; STATEMET BY THE COURT. Appellants sought to enjoin the.collection of certain improvement taxes levied for the purpose of building sidewalks in the incorporated town of Hoxie. The litigation involves the validity of the ordinances under which the improvement district was created and the taxes assessed.
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Appeal from Lawrence Chancery Court, Eastern Division; Geo. T. Humphries, Chancellor; STATEMET BY THE COURT. Appellants sought to enjoin the.collection of certain improvement taxes levied for the purpose of building sidewalks in the incorporated town of Hoxie. The litigation involves the validity of the ordinances under which the improvement district was created and the taxes assessed. The ordinance creating the district was numbered 51, and was attacked upon the grounds that it had not been introduced and passed as required by law, nor published as required by law; that it was insufficient…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.,
(after stating the facts). It appears that these ordinances were not properly published. Ordinance No. 51 was published in the attempt to comply with the provisions of section 5666 of Kirby’s Digest, which section requires the publication of the ordinance establishing the district, and ordinance No. 56 was published in the attempt to comply with the provisions of section 5685 of Kirby’s Digest, which section requires the publication of the ordinance levying the assessments against the property of the district; and both sections require that the publication be made in some newspaper…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Crane v. Siloam SpringsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
- Green v. AbrahamSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1884
3Cited by6 opinions
- Drainage District No. 9 v. Merchants' & Planters' BankSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1928
- State ex rel. Hall v. Canal Construction Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
- Less v. Improvement District No. 1 of HoxieSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
- Boaz v. CoatesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- Hamilton v. Board of Improvement of Light & Water District No. 2Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
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