Legal Opinion
FRANCIS DRAINAGE DISTRICT v. Austin
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided December 17, 1956No. 5-1082Published
1Opinion of the Court
296 S.W.2d 668 (1956)
ST. FRANCIS DRAINAGE DISTRICT et al. Appellants,
v.
A. J. AUSTIN et al. Appellees.
No. 5-1082.
Supreme Court of Arkansas.
December 17, 1956.
Rehearing Denied January 14, 1957.
Cecil Grooms and Kirsch, Cathey & Brown, Paragould, for appellants.
Oscar Fendler and J. W, Steinsiek, Blytheville, for appellees.
ROBINSON, Justice.
This is a suit by appellees for damages to crops caused by the appellant, St. Francis Drainage District, using poison known as 2, 4 D to kill willows growing on the drainage ditch right-of-way. Some of the poison drifted through the air and came in contact…
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- Wood v. Drainage District No. 2Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
- McLaughlin v. City of HopeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
- Campbell v. Arkansas State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1931
- Jones v. Sewer Improvement District No. 3Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
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