Booe v. Road Improvement District No. 4
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Prairie Chancery Court, Southern District; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. W. I. Booe, a citizen and property owner within the limits of a road improvement district duly organized in Prairie County, Arkansas, under the Alexander Road Law, brought this suit in equity against the commissioners of said road improvement district to enjoin them ■from the issuing of $65,000 in bonds authorized by a special act of the General Assembly passed at the…
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Appeal from Prairie Chancery Court, Southern District; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. W. I. Booe, a citizen and property owner within the limits of a road improvement district duly organized in Prairie County, Arkansas, under the Alexander Road Law, brought this suit in equity against the commissioners of said road improvement district to enjoin them ■from the issuing of $65,000 in bonds authorized by a special act of the General Assembly passed at the special session held in September, 1919. On the 15th day of September, 1919, the Governor issued a public proclamation…
1Opinion of the Court
•Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). The General Assembly convened in special or extraordinary session on September 22,1919, pursuant to a proclamation of the Governor issued on the 15th day of September, 1919. The special session lasted nine days, adjourning on the 1st day of October, 1919. The act in question in the case at bar contained the emergency clause, and was approved on the 30th day of September, 1919. The act is a special one, and was held valid by the chancery court. Its constitutionality is attacked on the ground that the notice required by article 5, section 26, of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Green v. WellerMississippi Supreme Court · 1856
- Waterman v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Davis v. GainesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1886
- State ex rel. Moose v. WoodruffSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Caton v. Western Clay Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
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