Road Improvement District No. 1. v. Delinquent Lands

This is an action instituted in the chancery court of Independence County by appellant, the board of improvement of a local improvement district created by special act of the General Assembly, to enforce payment of unpaid assessments.

It appears from the pleadings that the assessment of -benefits was duly made in accordance with the terms of the statute, that a tax thereon was levied to pay the cost of the improvement, that a contract was let for the construction of the improvement, that bonds were issued and sold in the sum of $100,000 to raise funds to pay the cost of the improvement as the…