Hines v. Road Improvement District No. 5
Supreme Court of Arkansas
•Appeal from Faulkner .Chancery Court; Jordan Sellers, Chancellor; The Legislature adopted an incorrect method of assessing benefits against the railroad company, and the method was arbitrary and erroneous. None of the assessments are uniform based upon benefits, but are purely arbitrary. 117 Ark. 30; 131 Id. 59; 64 Id. 555; 68 Id. 376-389; 69 Id. 68-73; 71 Id. 17-27; 86 Id. 1-8. The assessments were not unequal nor arbitrary, nor were they excessive under the law. K. G. So.
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•Appeal from Faulkner .Chancery Court; Jordan Sellers, Chancellor; The Legislature adopted an incorrect method of assessing benefits against the railroad company, and the method was arbitrary and erroneous. None of the assessments are uniform based upon benefits, but are purely arbitrary. 117 Ark. 30; 131 Id. 59; 64 Id. 555; 68 Id. 376-389; 69 Id. 68-73; 71 Id. 17-27; 86 Id. 1-8. The assessments were not unequal nor arbitrary, nor were they excessive under the law. K. G. So. Ry. Go. v. Imp. Dist. No. 6, 139 Ark. 424; 137 Ark. 587; 72 Ark. 119. There was no discrimination, and the assessments…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
Under acts Nos. 148, 239, 372 and 474 of the acts enacted at the special session of the G-eneral Assembly of 1919, road improvement districts were created. The real estate in the districts was put into different zones, and a certain percentage of the assessed value of the property, for county and State purposes, was fixed by the Legislature as-the amount of benefit to the real property owners in the district. Under the acts the county clerk is directed to compute the tax according to the assessment of benefits made by the Legislature and place the computation in an assessment book, which…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Conway County Bridge DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Izard County Highway Improvement District No. 1.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1920
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Road Improvement District No. 1Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
- Mudd v. St. Francis Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
3Cited by4 opinions
- Road Improvement Districts 1, 2 & 3 v. CrarySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
- Ford v. Plum Bayou Road Improvement DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1924
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Road Improvement District No. 3Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
- Thompson v. MannSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923