Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Conway County Bridge District
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Conway Circuit Court; A. B. Priddy, Judge; 1. This suit was properly brought under the Act No. 71,1917, § 7. It raised properly all objections to the validity of the act and the method of assessing benefits and that the assessment was unreasonable and excessive. It was reversible error to sustain the demurrer as to all questions except the reasonableness of the assessments. 96 Ark. 540; 94 Id.
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Appeal from Conway Circuit Court; A. B. Priddy, Judge; 1. This suit was properly brought under the Act No. 71,1917, § 7. It raised properly all objections to the validity of the act and the method of assessing benefits and that the assessment was unreasonable and excessive. It was reversible error to sustain the demurrer as to all questions except the reasonableness of the assessments. 96 Ark. 540; 94 Id. Ill; 76 Id. 423; 77 Id. 379. 2. There was error in the method of assessing the benefits and the assessment was unreasonable and excessive and not made according to law. There was not…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCULLOCH, C. J.
The General Assembly of 1917 enacted a special statute creating an improvement district covering the whole of Conway County for the purpose of constructing a bridge across the Arkansas River at a certain point in that county. Acts 1917, p. 314. The statute creates a board of commissioners to manage the affairs of the district and to provide for the construction of the improvement, and that board is in turn authorized by the statute to appoint a board of assessors “to assess the value of the benefits which will accrue to each piece of real property within said district, and also to all…
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