Legal Opinion
Brooksher v. Jones
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 1, 1965No. 5-3440PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Paul Ward, Associate Justice.
This appeal deals with the power of a city to vacate or close a portion of a street under the facts here involved.
On March 15, 1963 the City Commissioners of Fort Smith (hereafter referred to as the Commission) passed Ordinance No. 2399, the principal effect of which would have been to vacate a portion of Birnie Avenue and grant Safeway Stores, Inc. the exclusive right to occupy the vacated portion.
A few days after passage of said ordinance Buck Jones, a citizen and taxpayer of Fort Smith, filed a complaint against the Commission (suit No. 1785) alleging in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Risser v. City of Little RockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1955
- Cernauskas v. FletcherSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947
- Kansas City So. Ry. Co. v. City of Ft. SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1958
3Cited by6 opinions
- City of Little Rock v. LinnSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
- Freeze v. JonesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
- Kemp v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
- Opinion No., Arkansas Attorney General Reports2000
- Opinion No., Arkansas Attorney General Reports1988
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