Archer v. Board of Levee Inspectors

TRIESER, District Judge.

The plaintiff has instituted this action against the defendant to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him by reason of the trespass of the defendant, who unlawfully, with force of arms, entered upon his premises — a plantation in the county of Chicot — and built a levee thereon, without having made compensation therefor. The demurrer to the complaint is upon the ground that the act of the General Assembly of the state of Arkansas which created the defendant provided for the manner of assessing the damages sustained by the owner of the lands, and that this…