Martin v. Hilb
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Pulaski Chancery Court. D. W. Carroll, Chancellor; The appellants’ complaint alleged that they were residents of a sewer district in the city of Little Rock, and owners of land lying therein, and that they constituted a board of improvement for that district; that they sued in behalf of all other persons owning lands in the district; that said sewer district had been created under the laws of Arkansas for the purpose of making sewers therein; that it embraced a…
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APPEAL from Pulaski Chancery Court. D. W. Carroll, Chancellor; The appellants’ complaint alleged that they were residents of a sewer district in the city of Little Rock, and owners of land lying therein, and that they constituted a board of improvement for that district; that they sued in behalf of all other persons owning lands in the district; that said sewer district had been created under the laws of Arkansas for the purpose of making sewers therein; that it embraced a large number of blocks in the city of great value; that for the purpose of raising money to build the sewers the council…
1Opinion of the CourtHemingway, J.
The sewer district was organized at the instance of a majority in value of the property owners in the district, under the provisions of the act approved March 22, 1881.
Section 873 of Mansfield’s Digest is a part of that act, and whatever conditions or restrictions it imposes were voluntarily assumed by the promoters of the organization in organizing the district and constructing the work.
R<^iimngWadjaowners to°connect Provides that after the completion of any sewer authorized to be built under the provisions of the act, it shall be lawful for the board of health of the city, whenever in their…
2Cited by5 opinions
- Bennett v. City of HopeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1942
- Pine Bluff Water Co. v. Sewer DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1891
- McCandless v. CampbellHawaii Supreme Court · 1911
- Peay v. KinsworthySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
- Opinion No., Arkansas Attorney General Reports2007