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Road Improvement District No. 1 v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 18, 1927No. 38PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter

This is a suit to annul an assessment of benefits accruing to a railroad from the improvement of a public road in Franklin County, Arkansas.

*190The improvement was undertaken by a road district created for the purpose by an act of the state legislature directing that the cost be distributed over the lands, railroads and other real property within the district, in the form of special taxes measured by benefits received. Act 588, Special Road Acts 1919. The benefits were to be assessed by the district’s assessors; and any owner aggrieved by their action was to have a right for twenty' days to sue…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Norton v. LarneySupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. United States v. State Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
  3. Baker v. SchofieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  4. Washington Securities Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. WaltersSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Memphis & Charleston Railway Co. v. PaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Road Dist. v. Mo. Pac. RR Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. In Re Hurd-Marvin DrainMichigan Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Standard Pipe Line Co. v. Miller County Highway & Bridge DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1928

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