Road Improvement District No. 6 v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad

The appellant road improvement district was organized in 1917 under what is known as the Alexander road law. (Acts 1915, p. 1400). Under provisions of that act the commissioners filed with the county clerk of Lawrence County the assessment 'of betterments, and the required notice thereof was given to the property owners. Appellee railway company filed1 its objections and exceptions to the assessment made against its property, alleging, among other things, that the assessment of betterments was arbitrary, discriminatory and excessive, and that the proposed improvement would not, in fact, be of…