Norton v. Road Improvement District No. 1
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court; W. B. Sorrells, Judge; The act is invalid,, as it interferes with the. jurisdiction of the county court, and the commissioners have included in the plans, etc., four county bridges. Act No. 409, Acts 1919; 130 Ark. 410. The appeal should be dismissed for failure to file the transcript or perfect their appeal within the time prescribed — thirty days — or in any event, not later than 60 days.
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Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court; W. B. Sorrells, Judge; The act is invalid,, as it interferes with the. jurisdiction of the county court, and the commissioners have included in the plans, etc., four county bridges. Act No. 409, Acts 1919; 130 Ark. 410. The appeal should be dismissed for failure to file the transcript or perfect their appeal within the time prescribed — thirty days — or in any event, not later than 60 days. Act 409, § 22; Kirby & Castle’s Digest, § 1300; 69 Ark. 281-283; 46 Ark. 17-21; 92 Id. 598.
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Appellants instituted suit against appellees, commissioners of Road' Improvement District No. 1 of Jefferson and Lincoln Counties, in the Lincoln Circuit Court, to restrain appellees from making or enforcing an assessment of benefits against the lands owned by them in said district, attacking the validity of Act No. 409 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1919, creating said district, upon various grounds set up in the complaint.
Appellees demurred to the complaint upon the ground that the facts set forth therein were not sufficient to constitute a cause of action cognizable in the Lincoln…
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