Solomon v. Wharf Improvement District No. 1
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal.from Phillips Chancery Court; A. L. Hutchinson, Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. The city council of Helena, by an ordinance duly enacted upon the petition of property owners in that city, created a local improvement district to be known as Wharf Improvement District No. 1 of the City of.Helena, and appellant, as an owner of real estate in said district, brought this suit to restrain the commissioners of the district from proceeding with the construction of the…
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Appeal.from Phillips Chancery Court; A. L. Hutchinson, Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. The city council of Helena, by an ordinance duly enacted upon the petition of property owners in that city, created a local improvement district to be known as Wharf Improvement District No. 1 of the City of.Helena, and appellant, as an owner of real estate in said district, brought this suit to restrain the commissioners of the district from proceeding with the construction of the improvement. Appellant’s complaint was dismissed, and he has prosecuted this appeal. The improvement district was organized…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
(after stating the facts). In the case of Mullins v. Little Rock, 131 Ark. 64, we said: “The Constitution of the State contains but one limitation upon legislative power with respect to the creation of local improvement districts, and that limitation is that the taxation of property in districts situated wholly within cities and towns must rest on the consent, actually ascertained, of a majority in value of the owners of real property. Butler v. Fourche Drainage Distrid, 99 Ark. 100. In other respects the legislative will is supreme, at least as far as any express constitutional limitation is…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Williams v. EgglestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- State ex rel. Bulkeley v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Shibley v. Fort SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
- Butler v. Board of Directors of Fourche Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
- Matthews v. KimballSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1902
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Federal Construction Co. v. EnsignCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1922
- Lloyd v. City of Redondo BeachCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
- Lambert v. Wharf Improvement District No. 1 of HelenaSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
- Lipscomb v. LenonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925
- Williams v. Arkansas County Courthouse Improvement DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
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