Voss v. Reyburn
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a suit by the Commissioners of Street Improvement District No. 186 against the Commissioners of Street Improvement District No. 157, seeking to have the appellants, the designated Commissioners of Improvement district No. 157, “perpetually restrained from attempting to do any act under color of any pretended office or authority in District No. 157,” and to have the assessment…
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a suit by the Commissioners of Street Improvement District No. 186 against the Commissioners of Street Improvement District No. 157, seeking to have the appellants, the designated Commissioners of Improvement district No. 157, “perpetually restrained from attempting to do any act under color of any pretended office or authority in District No. 157,” and to have the assessment list in District No. 157 “ declared null and void for the reason that the district was never validly organized.” The…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). In the petition for an ordinance designating District No. 157 the north half of blocks 3 and 4, Clark’s addition, are embraced and so described, but this property is not embraced in the publication of the ordinance. Section 5665 of Kirby’s Digest provides that when any ten resident owners of real property in the city shall petition the city council to take steps towards the making of any local improvement it shall be the duty of the council to lay off the improvement into an improvement district, “designating the boundaries of such district so that it may…
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