Legal Opinion

Red River Bridge District v. State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 18, 1940No. 4-6132PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.

Act 16 of the. acts of 1917 — page 78— was “An act to create the Red River Bridge District.” This act' created an improvement district to construct a bridge through betterment assessments.

Act 178, approved February 18, 1920, (Yol. 1, acts 1920, p. 1463), authorized the district to collect tolls from the users of the bridge, and to pay its construction cost from the proceeds thereof.

At the Extraordinary 1938 Session of the General Assembly there was passed act No. 3 (acts 1939, p. 1119), entitled “An act to prohibit the-collection of tolls on bridges in this state where the commissioners of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pine Bluff Water Co. v. Sewer DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1891
  2. Pulaski Gas Light Co. v. RemmelSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
  3. Williams v. Fort SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1924
  4. State ex rel. Attorney General v. Little Rock-Highland Paving District No. 24Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1939

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. City of Malvern v. YoungSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
  2. Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Sebastian Bridge DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
  3. Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Sebastian Bridge DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943

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