Ahern v. Board of Improvement District No. 3
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller Circuit Court. Joel D. CoNway, Judge. The requirement of Sand. & II. Dig. § 5337, requiring the court to obtain and use a copy of the last assessment of the property, was mandatory. 30 Ark. 609, 612; Of. 14 Am. & Eng. Enc.
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Appeal from Miller Circuit Court. Joel D. CoNway, Judge. The requirement of Sand. & II. Dig. § 5337, requiring the court to obtain and use a copy of the last assessment of the property, was mandatory. 30 Ark. 609, 612; Of. 14 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 249; 67 Ark. 30; 40 Cal. 255; 50 N. Y. 502. The proper assessment list was conclusive evidence of the values of the property when the council came to decide whether the petition was signed by a majority in value of the property holders. Sand. & H. Dig. § 5367; 45 Ark. 400. The assessment was not "ad valorem and uniform” as required by art. xix, § 27…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
This is a, suit in equity, under the statute, brought to foreclose assessment liens, and enforce the collection of the delinquent assessments against certain owners of real estate in the district. The chancellor decreed for plaintiffs on the complaint, answer, and testimony in the case, and defendants appealed.
In May, 1899, upon the petition of ten resident owners of real property in the proposed district, the city council of the city of Texarkana, in this state, organized said Improvement District No. 3, and within the time required by law the clerk of the said city council caused the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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