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Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Road Improvement District No. 3

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 15, 1924No. 33PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter

This /¡ase presents a controversy over the constitutional validity of an assessment of benefits accruing to railway property from the improvement of a public road in Sevier County, Arkansas.

The road reaches from DeQueen, the county seat, to the eastern border of the county, eighteen miles. It had been a mere dirt road, not good in any season and impassable at times. The improvement consisted in reducing objectionable curves and grades, installing modem bridges and culverts, reconstructing the roadbed, putting on a hard and durable surface and generally fitting the road for economical and…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
  2. Spencer v. MerchantSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Houck v. Little River Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  4. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
  5. Myles Salt Co. v. Board of Comm'rs of Iberia and St. Mary Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Martin v. Dade Muck Land Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1928
  2. Evans v. Beattie, Comptroller GeneralSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
  3. Memphis & Charleston Railway Co. v. PaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  4. Anderson County Road District No. 8 v. PollardTexas Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Municipal Improvement Co. v. ThompsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927

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