Hodges v. Board of Improvement of Waterworks Improvement District No. 22
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellee instituted this action in the chancery court against appellant to restrain him, as Secretary of State, from certifying out to be voted upon by the electors of the city of Texarkana, Ordinance B-191, being an ordinance levying the assessments of benefits against the real property in Waterworks Improvement District No. 22, in the city of Texarkana, Arkansas.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellee instituted this action in the chancery court against appellant to restrain him, as Secretary of State, from certifying out to be voted upon by the electors of the city of Texarkana, Ordinance B-191, being an ordinance levying the assessments of benefits against the real property in Waterworks Improvement District No. 22, in the city of Texarkana, Arkansas. On March 14, 1914, the city of Texarkana duly created Waterworks Improvement District No. 22, which included the whole area of the city of…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). In the case of Tomlinson Brothers v. Hodges, 110 Ark. 528, the court held that Acts of 1911, page 582, providing for carrying into effect the initiative and referendum powers, reserved to the people in Constitutional Amendment No.. 10, was only intended to carry out and put into effect the constitutional amendment and did not confer on the people of a municipal corporation referendum power over an ordinance passed by the city council which granted to appellants in that case a franchise to furnish light to the city of Mena. The court, however, further held…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tomlinson Bros. v. HodgesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
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