Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Walnut Ridge-Alicia Road Improvement District

Appellee is a road improvement district created by a special statute enacted by the General Assembly .at the regular session of 1919. Road Acts 1919, vol. 2, p. 1752. The statute provided for an assessment of benefits for the purpose of raising funds to pay for the construction of the improvement, but § 30 of the statute provided that, if the improvement should not be made, “all expenses and costs accrued at that time shall be charged against the real property of the district, and the amount necessary to discharge all such indebtedness shall be levied by the chancery court of Lawrence County…