Paving Improvement District No. 12 v. Brooks

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

This is a direct attack on the assessments of benefits on one parcel of property. Appellants, Paving District No. 12 and Curb & Gutter District No. 11, are companion districts: No. 12 being for the purpose of paving, and No. 11 being for the purpose of curbing and guttering, a portion of McKinney Street in the City of Springdale, Arkansas. The ordinance, levying the assessment of benefits in each district, was duly passed and published by the City Council;1 and within thirty days thereafter, appellees, Brooks and wife, filed a suit in the Chancery Court against each…