Cox v. Road Improvement District No. 8
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lonoke Cir-cnit C-onrt; Eugene Lank-ford, Judge; statement by the court. The Legislature of 1913 passed an -act, numbered 212, ■applicable only to Lonoke and Prairie counties, wherein it created and -defined tbe geographical limits of four road improvement districts, said districts ¡being incorporated ■and respectively -designated as Road Improvement Districts 1, 2, 3 -and 4 -of Lonoke County.
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Appeal from Lonoke Cir-cnit C-onrt; Eugene Lank-ford, Judge; statement by the court. The Legislature of 1913 passed an -act, numbered 212, ■applicable only to Lonoke and Prairie counties, wherein it created and -defined tbe geographical limits of four road improvement districts, said districts ¡being incorporated ■and respectively -designated as Road Improvement Districts 1, 2, 3 -and 4 -of Lonoke County. After creating -these districts, -section 1 of tbe act provides, beginning with -subdivision F thereof, -for tbe organization of road.improvement districts which may be desired in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.,
(after stating the facts). Subdivision F of section 1 of the act in question provides that hereafter, when ten or more owners of real property within a proposed improvement district shall petition the county court to establish a road improvement district to embrace a certain region, describing generally the region which it is intended shall be embraced within the boundaries of the proposed district, and .shall file a plat with said petition upon which the boundaries of the proposed district are plainly indicated, showing the roads to be constructed, as nearly as practicable, it…
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