McPherson v. Board of Commissioners of Hazelwood Road Improvement District

Under the provisions of .act No. 126 of the Acts of 1919 there was created the Hazelwood Road Improvement District No. 2, and, pursuant to the authority of this act, betterments were assessed amounting to $397,203.92. The preliminary work and expenses of organizing the district amounted to $20,434.53, exclusive of interest. Before any construction work had been begun or contracts therefor had been let, the G-eneral Assembly, at its 1921 session,, passed special act No. 590, which repealed the act of 1919' creating the improvement district.

Section 3 of the repealing act provided that all…