Deane v. Moore
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; 1. Alteration of a petition for an improvement of this character, which is material, avoids the petition. 3 Am. & Eng. Ene. of L. 361, and notes; 3 Id. 360; 36 Ark. 136; 27 Ark. 108; 1 Ark. 117; 7á S. E. (N. C.) 801; 137 S. W. 619; 5 Ark. 377-380; 9 Ark. 122; 32 Ark. 166; 134 N. W. 251; 6 L. R. A. 469; 7 L. R. A. 743. Failure to publish the ordinance renders it void and inapplicable.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; 1. Alteration of a petition for an improvement of this character, which is material, avoids the petition. 3 Am. & Eng. Ene. of L. 361, and notes; 3 Id. 360; 36 Ark. 136; 27 Ark. 108; 1 Ark. 117; 7á S. E. (N. C.) 801; 137 S. W. 619; 5 Ark. 377-380; 9 Ark. 122; 32 Ark. 166; 134 N. W. 251; 6 L. R. A. 469; 7 L. R. A. 743. Failure to publish the ordinance renders it void and inapplicable. McQuillin, Municipal Ordinances, § 697; 67 Ark. 30; 104 Ark. 298-301. The second petition was, or operated as, an abandonment of the project…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellees constitute the board of improvement of a district formed in the city of Little Rock for the purpose of paving portions of certain streets in a given territory; and appellants, who are owners of property affected by the improvement, instituted this action to restrain further proceedings.
The district was formed ’by an ordinance of the city council, passed April 17, 1911, pursuant to a petition of ten owners of real property situated within the territory to be affected; and thereafter, within the time prescribed by statute, a petition, purporting to be signed by a majority in value of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McDonnell v. Improvement District No. 145Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
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