Wood v. Willey
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lincoln Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; The act is void; the district embraces lands not only in Lincoln County but in Jefferson County.
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Appeal from Lincoln Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; The act is void; the district embraces lands not only in Lincoln County but in Jefferson County. This is a legislative finding that the Jefferson lands will be benefited and the lands should be taxed also. 48 Ark. 370; 86 Id. 231. The county court of Lincoln County cannot tax lands outside the limits • of that county. 115 Ark. 438. If it could levy the tax, no machinery is provided for getting the tax extended on the tax books of Jefferson County, nor for issuing a warrant to collect. 1. The act furnishes adequate working…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
An act was passed at the 1919 session of the General Assembly entitled “An act to create Grady and Arkansas River Road Improvement District of Lincoln and Jefferson Counties.’’Acts 1919, No. 509, 2 Yol. Road Laws, p. 2009. The act defines the territory which would be benefited by the proposed improvement, the bulk of the lands being in Lincoln County and the remainder in Jefferson County. Appellant is the owner of property in the proposed district and brought this suit to' restrain the commissioners of the district from issuing bonds to construct the roads there proposed. The basis of his…
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