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BRANSON v. BUSH

No. 82.

251 U.S. 182 (1919)

40 S.Ct. 113

64 L.Ed. 215

BRANSON, SHERIFF AND COLLECTOR OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, ET AL. v. BUSH, RECEIVER OF THE ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 22, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G.B. Rose, with whom Mr. W.E. Hemingway, Mr. D.H. Cantrell and Mr. J.F. Loughborough were on the briefs, for appellants.

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

MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

By act of the General Assembly the State of Arkansas created "Crawford County Road Improvement District No. 2," a body corporate, and prescribed its boundaries. Special and Private Acts of Arkansas, 1911, p. 642.

To pay the cost of the road improvement contemplated the act provided that it should be made a charge upon all of the real property, railroads and tramroads in the district. Bonds were sold and...

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