Legal Opinion

Allen v. Tri-County Watershed Imp. District

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided December 23, 1968No. 5-4731Published

1Opinion of the Court

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Appellants Jim Allen et al by this appeal contest the legality of the formation of a watershed improvement district under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 21-901 — § 21-934 (Repl. 1956 and Supp. 1967). For reversal of the chancellor’s decree forming the district they rely upon the following points:

I. The order creating the district does not conform to the petition.

II. The number of valid signatures on the petition as determined by the court is not correct.

III. The names of numerous signers to the petition should have been deleted due to misrepresentation amounting to fraud.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mahan v. WilsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925
  2. Gardner v. BullardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1966
  3. Ragon v. BeakleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920

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