Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-11-24

l property in Jeffe! son County, Arkan- 1 sas, appearing upon the petitions ask 1 .ng ;or t,e building of said bridge and the finding of the fact of a ma | jor't i'll numbers and in value by | the Board of Direc ors is false, frau dulent illegal and void and irregu- 1 lar ond in itself places a cloud on the :nle of the land of tl s plaintiff and III others simil IT ly situated, for the reason tha, said Act provides l that should it, for any cause, be de- cleared void and unanforcable, the expenses of preparing for said im-
 provement and the sums expended therefor, shall, nevertheless, be a lien ..pon all the property n said distr ct; that sad Board in making said false finding committed an act of fraud upon t.is plaintiff and all others milarly situated, for the reason that without such find ng 1 a declaration thereof, said Board had no authority to proceed with carrying out tbe scheme for constructing the said bridge across she Arkansas River, appoint ng assessors, sssu1ng bonds and assessing and taxing the land in sa d distr'ct for said purpose; :; that there is no appeal provided m ot er~, hn z nf f1n T fendant Board and this plaintiff has no adequate remedy at law for the the title of his land placed thereon by said finding and unless protected by this Court, he will suffer irreparable njurS.
 That tn s plaintiff filed immediately after said finding had been made by said Board, petition for a writ of certiorari in the Jefferson Circuit Cout for the purpose of determining 3 validity of the finding of said Board, whica writ the Circuit Judge refused 1 to issue and said cause s now pend ing upon appeal in the Supreme l Court of this State that said find l ing $ false, fraudulent. irregular, il- legal and void, for the reason that 1 it was made for the purpose of en- abl n;s the said defendants herein to i levy tax upon the land of this plain.i if and all others similarly sit l uated for ',he purpose of paying en- l g'neels, attorneys and other agents large sum of money, to wit: I S25, ,0n0.OO, which said defendant Board owed fer preliminary expenses .n- cured before said Board was author | ized, according to the terms ot Spec..l Act No. 214 to incur any ob- ] lig:fions for the purpose of bu 'ldine | said bridge; that under Sect on Six l (6) of said Act No. PA, the Board o
 Directors is given authority, aftel declaration has been made find na that T ma sjoriiy of the owners of Tea property in said d strict either ir
 numbers, in acreage or ill value, has petitioned for sal alleged improl e
 ment, to form plans and procure esti l mates and to employ engineers, at
 orneys and other agents. but tha
 said defendant Board before t made
 the fird ng herein mentioned an( 1 provided for in Section Eve (5) O
 said Act No. PA, engaged severa
 firms of attorneys, paying and agree
 ing .c pay them sums aggregatine
 Ten Thousand ($1O,O00.OO) Dollar!
 and d firm of engineers. Hedrick
 Cocai ane, and var ous other agents
 paying and agree ng to pay then
 Fifteen Thousand ($15, 100000 Dollar!
 and paid and agreed to pay the pub
 lisher of the Pine Bluff Graphic
 about Two Taousanl ($2,00G.00,
 Dollars for advertising; that the in divid aal members of said Board madt an affidavit nj case now pending in the United States District Cour for tlls District. wherein Lyman Mel
 vim Jones is plaintiff, that actua
 construct on had been begun upoI
 said bridge before August IA, 1912
 which is three days before the find
 ing mentioned herein and made by
 them on August IT. 1912; that fol
 sad work done before August 14
 1912, Illegally and without autncrity
 and sor the repayments of said sums
 expended and agreed to be repa by
 said Hoard, said Board and it's As
 sessors name herein now threaier
 to assess and levy a tax upon tho
 lands of this plaintiff and upon the
 lands of all others sim larly situated
 and will levy said tax and proceed te
 colle"t same unless restrained b!
 "a Cour; that the assessing ot