Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Manson-O'Kean Road Improvement District

The road improvement district involved in this appeal was created by a special statute (■act No. 133) enacted during the extraordinary session of the General Assembly in February, 1920, and authorized the construction and improvement of the highway in Bandolph 'County from Manson, on the St. Lonis-San Francisco Bailroad, to O’Kean, a point on appellant’s line. The statute authorized the assessment and appraisal of benefits and the levy of assessments thereon to raise funds to pay for the construction of the improvement. There are two sections of the statute bearing on the present controversy,…