Vestal v. Little Rock
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Pulaski Circuit Court. Robert J. Lea, Judge. Proceeding to annex the unincorporated town of Argenta to the city of Little Rock. The facts are stated in the opinion. 1. Argenta is not contigtious to Little Rock. 32 La. Ann., 435 ; Smith, Synonyms, p. 273 (1889); 29 Mich.,451. Being a navigable stream, the Arkansas river, together with its bed and the banks between high and low water mark, belongs to the State. .94 U. S., 168; 117 U. S., 338; 20 Fed.
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APPEAL from Pulaski Circuit Court. Robert J. Lea, Judge. Proceeding to annex the unincorporated town of Argenta to the city of Little Rock. The facts are stated in the opinion. 1. Argenta is not contigtious to Little Rock. 32 La. Ann., 435 ; Smith, Synonyms, p. 273 (1889); 29 Mich.,451. Being a navigable stream, the Arkansas river, together with its bed and the banks between high and low water mark, belongs to the State. .94 U. S., 168; 117 U. S., 338; 20 Fed. Rep., 32; 33 id., 755; Gould on Waters, sec. 66. 2. The annexation is unreasonable and improper, subjecting the annexed territory to…
1Opinion of the CourtHemingway, J.
This appeal arises in a proceeding on the part of the city of Little Rock, to annex to itself certain outlying and contiguous territory.
The statute prescribes conditions upon a compliance with which a municipal corpoi'ation may present to the county court its petition to annex to it contiguous territory lying in the same county. Mansf. Dig,, sec. 922. It provides that when such petition is presented to the county court, it shall fix a day for a hearing thereon of which notice shall be given, and that'any person interested may appear and contest the granting of the petition. Mansf. Dig., sec.…
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