Wilson v. Blanks
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Ashley Chancery Court; Zachwriah T. Wood, Chancellor; Only one improvement can be embraced in an ordinance .authorizing the making of assessments. Hamilton on Ass., § 393; 2 Page & Jones on Tax. by Ass., § 790; 66 Cal. 313; 4 Pac. 31; 52 Neb. 345; 72 N. W. 218 ; 61 111. 142; 11 Phila. 447. The ordinance was valid. 75 111. 21; 46 Mich. 150; 59 Pa.
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Appeal from Ashley Chancery Court; Zachwriah T. Wood, Chancellor; Only one improvement can be embraced in an ordinance .authorizing the making of assessments. Hamilton on Ass., § 393; 2 Page & Jones on Tax. by Ass., § 790; 66 Cal. 313; 4 Pac. 31; 52 Neb. 345; 72 N. W. 218 ; 61 111. 142; 11 Phila. 447. The ordinance was valid. 75 111. 21; 46 Mich. 150; 59 Pa. St. 455; 180 Mass. 274; 62 N. E. 397; 187 Mass. 451; 73 N. E. 554; 81 Wis. 326; 51 N. W. 566; 216 111. 331; 74 N. E. 1044; 28 Wash. 639; 69 Pac. 393; 162 111. 113; 38 N. E. 750; 130 111. 566; 22 N. E. 624; 123 111. 871; 14 N. E. 871; 96…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
On the 17th day of May, 1910, W. L. Blanks, J. H. Schaefer and D. E. Watson, Commissioners of AVater and Eight District No. 2 in the town of Hamburg, filed a complaint in Ashley Chancery Court, and therein alleged:
“Plaintiffs say that they are the Commissioners of Water .& Light District No. 2 in the town of Hamburg, Arkansas, .a district duly organized under the laws of this State, embodied in sections 5664 to 5742 of Kirby’s Digest, and the statutes amendatory thereof; that said district was duly organized for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the territory embraced •therein with…
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