Legal Opinion
Rainwater v. Haynes
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided June 3, 1968No. 5-4600PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John A. Fogleman, Justice.
The sole question for decision on this appeal from a declaratory judgment is whether the property of a public school is subject to assessment of benefits by a municipal street improvement district in which the property lies. Appellants contended in the lower court that it was not and that the assessment made in this case was invalid because the property was exempt from taxation under Article 16, § 5 of the Arkansas Constitution.
This court was first confronted with this question in 1892, when it held that this section of the constitution did not exempt a public…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Davis v. GainesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1886
- Kirst v. Street Improvement District No. 120Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
- County Board of Education v. AustinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925
- McGehee v. MathisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1860
- Board of Improvement v. School DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Magnolia School District No. 14 v. Arkansas State Board of EducationSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
- City of Marion v. BaioniSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
- City of Fort Smith v. Housing Authority of Fort SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1974
- Gray v. MitchellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2008
- City of Saratoga v. HuffCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
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