Yazoo & M. v. R. Co. v. Lane Bayou Drainage Dist.

Ethridge;, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant filed a bill in the chancery court to cancel an assessment of benefits accruing to section 23 and 24 of township 24, range 8 west, in Bolivar county, Miss., assessed for drainage benefits under proceedings of the drainage district. The bill alleged that the drainage commissioners caused an assessment to be made of benefits on all lands within the boundaries of the drainage district, and, among’ other assessments, assessed to the complainant the benefits to the above named sections; that the amount due on the assessment for the…