Road Improvement District No. 2 v. Winkler
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, First Division; Robert J. Lea, Judge; 1. This district was held to have been legally formed under a constitutional act. 92 Ark. 93. 2. Under our laws there are two systems for the formation of improvement districts: (1) applying to land lying wholly within the boundaries of municipalities, and (2) to lands lying wholly outside of said boundaries.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, First Division; Robert J. Lea, Judge; 1. This district was held to have been legally formed under a constitutional act. 92 Ark. 93. 2. Under our laws there are two systems for the formation of improvement districts: (1) applying to land lying wholly within the boundaries of municipalities, and (2) to lands lying wholly outside of said boundaries. The extension of High Street has been used as a public road for more than seven years, and it has been declared a public highway by the county court, the only court having jurisdiction. The court erred in holding…
1Opinion of the CourtFrauenthal, J.
A number of persons owning real estate in Pulaski County presented to the county court of that county a petition asking for the formation of a road improvement district under the provisions of an act of the Legislature approved May 2, 1907, entitled, “An act to provide for the creation of road improvement districts, or building, constructing, maintaining and repairing of public roads in the State of Arkansas,” as amended by the act approved June 1, 1909 (Acts 1907, p. 568; Acts 1909, p. 1151)., A remonstrance was, filed to the petition by a number x>f owners of real estate in the proposed…
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