Neterer v. Dickinson

The Walnut Ridge-Alicia Road Improvement District in Lawrence County was created by a special statute enacted by the General Assembly. Road Act No. 43, regular session, 1919. The statute authorized the improvement of a public road running between Walnut Ridge and Alicia, and authorized the appraisal and taxation of the benefits for the purpose of paying the cost of the improvement. The section of the statute pertinent to the controversy now before us reads as follows:

“Section 30. If, for any reason, the improvement herein authorized and directed shall not be made, all expenses and costs…