Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports

Decided July 9, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Becky Lynn State Representative 105 S. Third Street Heber Springs, Arkansas 72543

Dear Representative Lynn:

This is in response to your request, on behalf of the Mayor of Quitman, for an opinion on the following three questions:

1. If the city street is shown as a city street on the city plat, but has never been used as a city street, can this street be vacated or abandoned by the Mayor and City Council? If the street can be abandoned, what procedure needs to be followed?

2. Can a city street that has never been used as a city street be narrowed from a 60' street to a 50' street, by…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Delony v. RuckerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1957
  2. Mount Olive Water Ass'n v. City of FayettevilleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
  3. McSwain v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. City of Magnolia v. BurtonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1948
  5. Little Rock v. GallowaySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1924

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