Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Arkansas Attorney General Reports
Decided March 19, 1990Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Richard L. "Dick" Barclay State Representative P.O. Box 279 Rogers, AR 72757
Dear Representative Barclay:
This is in response to your request for an opinion on several questions involving a city's exercise of its power of eminent domain. Your questions are restated below and answered in the order posed.
1. Can a city [City A] exercise its power of eminent domain within the boundaries of an adjoining city [City B] for the purpose of extending the sewer line of City A from one part of City A through City B and back into another part of City A?
It must be initially noted that the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- City of Little Rock v. SawyerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1958
- National Bugmobiles, Inc. v. Jobi Properties, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1989
- State ex rel. Maryland Heights Fire Protection District v. CampbellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
- Village of Schiller Park v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
- Howard v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
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