Gladish v. Drainage District No. 17

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

This litigation was instituted by the appellant, Gladish, filing- an action against Drainage District No. 17 of Mississippi County, Arkansas (hereinafter called “District”), and seeking (a) to recover damages for the taking of certain lands in the building of a new levee; and (b) to recover damages because other lands were left outside the new levee. Gladish ’s tenants also joined as plaintiffs, in order to recover damages for crops destroyed by the new levee. Even though the case was filed in 1940, various unavoidable circumstances necessitated delay; and the cause…