Crane v. Siloam Springs
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Benton Circuit Court in Chancery. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On February 10,1897, the city council of Siloam Springs, a city of the second class, passed an ordinance laying off the whole of the city into a district for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a system of waterworks for the city.
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Appeal from Benton Circuit Court in Chancery. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On February 10,1897, the city council of Siloam Springs, a city of the second class, passed an ordinance laying off the whole of the city into a district for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a system of waterworks for the city. Afterwards, on April 19th, the council passed another ordinance assessing the cost of making such improvement upon the real property in the district, and directing that it be levied and collected in successive annual installments, so that the assessment for each year shall he one per cent…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts). This is an action to enjoin the collection of an assessment made upon real property in the city of Siloam Springs, and the questions presented arose on a demurrer to the complaint. The assessment was made for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a general system of waterworks for the city. The whole area of the city was laid off into an improvement district for that purpose, and the first question presented is whether the city council had power to lay off the whole city into an improvement district. It is admitted that our statute expressly…
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