Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad v. Board of Directors of St. Francis Levee District
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Craighead Chancery Court; Bdward D. Robertson, Chancellor; 1. The several acts of the Legislature in regard to the St. Francis Levee District are private acts, or local and special legislation under § 25, art. 5, Const., where a general law can not be made to answer the purpose. 59 Ark. 513, 529, 530. The courts take judicial notice of them for the purpose of their local administration (19 Ark. 630; 23 Id. 387), yet they are not public laws. 1 Vent. 175; 1 Kent,…
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Appeal from Craighead Chancery Court; Bdward D. Robertson, Chancellor; 1. The several acts of the Legislature in regard to the St. Francis Levee District are private acts, or local and special legislation under § 25, art. 5, Const., where a general law can not be made to answer the purpose. 59 Ark. 513, 529, 530. The courts take judicial notice of them for the purpose of their local administration (19 Ark. 630; 23 Id. 387), yet they are not public laws. 1 Vent. 175; 1 Kent, Com. *pp. 459, 460; 2 John. (N. Y.), 263; 8 Id. 520; 21 N. Y. 206; Sedg. St. & Const. Law, ch. 2, *pp. 30-36; Potter’s…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, J.
The Board of Directors of St. Francis Eevee District' brought this.suit in chancery against the Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad Company, and other delinquent taxpayers in Craighead County, to enforce payment of the levee tax due for the’ year 1903 on the land of the delinquent named as defendants in the complaint.'
The appellant appeared in the suit and filed its answer contesting- the right of appellee to collect the levee tax, and from a decree in favor of the plaintiff appeals to this court.
It is contended that appellee has not sufficiently alleged in the complaint, nor established…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. DoughtySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railway Co. v. Waterworks Improvement District No. 1Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1900
- Fordyce v. MerrillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1887
- Murrell v. HenrySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1902
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. DudgeonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
3Cited by7 opinions
- Funk v. YoungSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
- Board of Improvement District No. 5 v. OffenhauserSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- Board of Directors St. Francis Levee Dist. v. KurnCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- Carrick v. GormanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1960
- Driver v. MooreSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
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