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ROAD DISTRICT v. ST. LOUIS S.W. RY. CO.

No. 141.

257 U.S. 547 (1922)

42 S.Ct. 250

66 L.Ed. 364

COMMISSIONERS OF ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, v. ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 27, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Moore, Jr., for petitioner.

Mr. J.R. Turney, with whom Mr. Daniel Upthegrove was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the court.

The question in this case is whether a proceeding in a state county court to assess benefits and damages growing out of a road improvement was properly removed to the federal District Court.

The assessors appointed by the County Court of Lafayette County, Arkansas, for Road Improvement District No. 2, imposed an assessment on lands within the district, belonging to the St. Louis Southwestern Railway...

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