Arkansas Foundry Co. v. Stanley
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; J. E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT OP PACTS. The Arkansas Foundry Company, an owner of real property lying within the limits of the Broadway-Main Street Bridge District of Pulaski County, brought this suit in equity against the commissioners of said district to restrain them from employing agents in selling and disposing of the bonds of the district, and from proceeding - further with the construction of the bridges contemplated by the…
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; J. E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT OP PACTS. The Arkansas Foundry Company, an owner of real property lying within the limits of the Broadway-Main Street Bridge District of Pulaski County, brought this suit in equity against the commissioners of said district to restrain them from employing agents in selling and disposing of the bonds of the district, and from proceeding - further with the construction of the bridges contemplated by the passage of the act. The complaint, amongst other things, alleges the following: “Par. 2. Said commissioners, in order…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). On the part of the plaintiff, it is contended that the two bridges contemplated in the act are four blocks apart, and that the construction of one has no relation to the other. Therefore counsel insists that the construction of the two bridges constitutes independent improvements, and that the act of the Legislature in creating.the district as a single improvement district was arbitrary, and the act is consequently void. The act is entitled, “An Act to Create a Broadway-Main Street Bridge District of Pulaski County,” and was approved February 5, 1919. Act 49 of the…
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