Pritchett v. Road Improvement District No. 3
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Poinsett Circuit Court, First Division; B. E. Dudley, Judge; The county court, July 12, 1917, established this district, No. 3, and “eliminated” the lands of appellants from the district. No appeal was taken and the judgment became final, and the lands could not afterward be included by extending the boundaries of the district and include a different route.
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Appeal from Poinsett Circuit Court, First Division; B. E. Dudley, Judge; The county court, July 12, 1917, established this district, No. 3, and “eliminated” the lands of appellants from the district. No appeal was taken and the judgment became final, and the lands could not afterward be included by extending the boundaries of the district and include a different route. The proceedings against appellants’ lands are void. 69 Ark. 587; 124 Id. 234; 64 Id. 108; lb. 555; Í23 Id. 383; lb. 389; 133 Id. 491; 123 Id. 205. The lands embraced were not found to be benefited by the commissioners, 69 Ark.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellee, Road Improvement District No. 3 of Poinsett County, was duly formed by an order of the county court of Poinsett County entered July 12, 1917, on petition of a majority of the owners of real property in the proposed district. The route of the road was specifically described in the petition, and was to begin at the town of Marked Tree and run thence east and north to the town of Lepanto, and thence northeasterly to the Mississippi County line, covering a total distance of about fourteen miles.
Appellants were at that time, and are now, the owners of land situated in the district as…
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