Road Improvement Districts 1, 2 & 3 v. Crary
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Dallas Chancery Court; J. T. Stevens, Chancellor; reversed and The court erred in holding the assessments void. Concurrence of a majority of the assessors was sufficient in absence of showing that an absent member had no notice.
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Appeal from Dallas Chancery Court; J. T. Stevens, Chancellor; reversed and The court erred in holding the assessments void. Concurrence of a majority of the assessors was sufficient in absence of showing that an absent member had no notice. Page & Jones, Taxation by Assessment, § 901. Such an irregularity, if it existed, would have been cured by confirmation of the assessment by the court; no appeal having been taken! within 30 days, as provided by § 9 of act 6 of Acts of 1919. 132 Ark. 143; 139 Ark. 277; 139 Ark. 173; 144 Ark. 632; 147 Ark. 475; Page & Jones, supra, § § 935, 927; 6 How. (N.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
The General Assembly of 1919 enacted a statute (Boad Acts, 1919, vol. 1, p. 65) creating three road districts in Dallas County, designated as Nos. 1, 2 and 3, the territory of the three districts in the aggregate covering the whole of the county. The statute prescribes the boundary of each district and designates the particular road or group of connecting roads in each district to be improved. The commissioners of each district are designated, and, according to the terms of the statute, they are to proceed with the improvement of the designated roads in each of the respective districts. The…
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