Desha Road Improvement District No. 2 v. Stroud

Appellant is a road improvement district which was created by special statute. Road acts, 1919, vol. 1, p. 613. The territory covered is that part of Desha County lying south of the Arkansas River and situated within five miles of either of the respective roads to be improved. It is shown in the present litigation that the territory comprises about ninety-eight per centum of the whole of the county. The roads to be improved are described, and the district is divided into six sections, numbered, respectively, 1 to 6, inclusive, and the lands within five miles of each road are to be assessed…