Skipper v. Street Improvement District No. 1
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Conway Cbaiicery Court; Jordan, Sellers, Chancellor; STATEMENT OP PACTS. During the year 1918, two separate petitions were circulated in the city of Morrilton for the establishment of Wo improvement districts designated respectively as Street Improvement District No. 1 and Street Improvement District No. 2. District No. 1 was organized for the purpose of paving certain streets within the city of Morrilton, and District No. 2 for the purpose of constructing…
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Appeal from Conway Cbaiicery Court; Jordan, Sellers, Chancellor; STATEMENT OP PACTS. During the year 1918, two separate petitions were circulated in the city of Morrilton for the establishment of Wo improvement districts designated respectively as Street Improvement District No. 1 and Street Improvement District No. 2. District No. 1 was organized for the purpose of paving certain streets within the city of Morrilton, and District No. 2 for the purpose of constructing ■gutters and curbs upon the streets that were to be paved in District No. 1. The statute in regard to the organization of…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). It is first insisted that the bill increasing the twenty per cent, limitation on the cost of the improvement is unconstitutional because, after being passed by one house, the bill was .transferred to the other branch of the Legislature on the same day and read twice there.
This court has decided adversely to the contention of plaintiff in Reitzammer v. Desha Road Imp. Dist. No. 2, 139 Ark. 168. In that case the court held that .under our Constitution a bill can not be read more than twice in either house on one day; but that after it has passed one house it may be…
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- Walla Walla City v. Walla Walla Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- United States v. MatthewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Heinemann v. SweattSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
- Reitzammer v. Desha Road Improvement District No. 2Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
- Snetzer v. GreggSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
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