Legal Opinion

Gibson v. Spikes

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 5, 1920PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Lawrence Chancery Court; Lyman F. Reeder, Chancellor; STATEMENT OP PACTS. The Walnut Ridge-Alicia Road Improvement District was created by Act No. 426, passed by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas for the year 1919. See Road Acts of 1919, vol. 2, p. 1752. The general purpose of the act was to improve the public highway from the line between Jackson and Lawrence counties near Alicia to Walnut Ridge in Lawrence County, Arkansas.

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Appeal from Lawrence Chancery Court; Lyman F. Reeder, Chancellor; STATEMENT OP PACTS. The Walnut Ridge-Alicia Road Improvement District was created by Act No. 426, passed by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas for the year 1919. See Road Acts of 1919, vol. 2, p. 1752. The general purpose of the act was to improve the public highway from the line between Jackson and Lawrence counties near Alicia to Walnut Ridge in Lawrence County, Arkansas. The bill makes detailed provisions for the construction of the improvement and a levying of assessments to pay for the same. The third extra…

1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.

(after stating the facts). The complaint alleges that the assessment of benefits in this road district was filed with the clerk of the county court on January 24, 1920; that act 43 was introduced in the house of the Arkansas General Assembly on January 27, 1920; that it passed the House on January 28, 1920, and was duly passed in the Senate on January 30, 1920, and approved by the Governor on February 4, 1920; that the notice of the intention to apply for the passage of act 43, which was a special act, was not published and exhibited in the General Assembly as required by section 26, article…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Davis v. GainesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1886
  2. Booe v. Road Improvement District No. 4Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
  3. Coffman v. St. Francis Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
  4. Easley v. PattersonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920
  5. Davies v. Chicot County Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. General Motors Corporation v. BlevinsDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1956
  2. Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Hagler Special School District No. 27Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1928
  3. Sain v. Cypress Creek Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
  4. Neterer v. DickinsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
  5. Road Improvement Dist. No. 2 v. Missouri Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921

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