Miller County Highway & Bridge District v. Cook
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller Chancery Court; Jas. D. Shaver, Chancellor; 1. Conceding that the commissioners exceeded their authority in allowing the claims, their action was after-wards validated by the amendatory act of 1917, § § 6 and 7. 2. The Legislature has power to enforce previous moral obligations. 10 Allen (Mass.), 585; 95 U. S. 644; 56 Ind. 363; 6 A. & E. Enc.
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Appeal from Miller Chancery Court; Jas. D. Shaver, Chancellor; 1. Conceding that the commissioners exceeded their authority in allowing the claims, their action was after-wards validated by the amendatory act of 1917, § § 6 and 7. 2. The Legislature has power to enforce previous moral obligations. 10 Allen (Mass.), 585; 95 U. S. 644; 56 Ind. 363; 6 A. & E. Enc. (2 ed.) 943. 3. The amounts allowed were legitimate items of expense, and their acts were not against public policy. 119 Ark. 188; 83 Ark. 344; 107 Id. 285; II. 292; 112 Id. 357. The allowances were properly classed as actual expenses,…
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, J.,
(after stating the facts). The appellants concede that the Board of Commissioners exceeded its authority in paying to appellants the amounts for which this suit is instituted, but it is contended that these unauthorized acts were validated by the amendatory act of 1917, which in part provides: “All the acts of the commissioners of the said Miller County Highway and Bridge District and of their agents in so far as they have acted by the authority of the commissioners and all acts of the assessors of said district are hereby ratified and confirmed, particularly the action of said…
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