Shibley v. Fort Smith
Supreme Court of Arkansas
First case on appeal from Sebastian Chancery Court; the second -case from Crawford Chancery Court; J. Virgil Bourland, Chancellor, in first -two cases; third and fourth .cases on appeal from Crawford Chancery Court; Jeremiah G. Wallace, Chancellor, in last two cases, on exchange of circuits; 1. The act is -repugnant to section 28, art. 7, of the Constitution, which confers exclusive original jurisdiction upon the county courts in all matters of bridges and -other internal…
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First case on appeal from Sebastian Chancery Court; the second -case from Crawford Chancery Court; J. Virgil Bourland, Chancellor, in first -two cases; third and fourth .cases on appeal from Crawford Chancery Court; Jeremiah G. Wallace, Chancellor, in last two cases, on exchange of circuits; 1. The act is -repugnant to section 28, art. 7, of the Constitution, which confers exclusive original jurisdiction upon the county courts in all matters of bridges and -other internal improvements. 89 Ark. 513; 48 Ark. 370; 57 Ark. 555; 60 Id. 95 ; 4 Words & Phrases, p. 3877. 2. Local assessments must be…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulroch, C. J.
The General Assembly of 1909 passed an act authorizing the construction and maintenance, through an organization in the nature of an improvement district, of a public bridge across the Arkansas River at Van Burén, Arkansas, where that river constitutes the boundary line between Sebastian and Crawford counties. The first section of the act, which sets forth the purposes of the organization, and prescribes the bounds of the district created, reads as follows (Acts, 1909, c. 119) :
“Section 1. That Upper Township of Sebastian County and all of Crawford County, except the»following townships,…
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