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ROAD DIST. v. MO. PAC. R.R. CO.

No. 38.

274 U.S. 188 (1927)

ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, ARKANSAS, ET AL. v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Dave Partain, with whom Messrs. G.C. Carter and Heartsil Ragon were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Thomas B. Pryor, with whom Mr. Edward J. White was on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

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.

The 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...

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