Orr v. Allen
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM T&É DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. The case is stated in the opinion. ,
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum opinion by
The Chief Justice.
The “Conservancy Act of Ohio” is the name given the statute by its first section. Its seventy-nine sections are thus epitomized in the title: “To prevent floods, to protect cities, villages, farms and highways from inundation, and to authorize the organization of drainage and conservation districts.” Ohio Gen. Code, §§ 6828-1 to 6828-79; Laws of Ohio, vol. 104, p. 13. The statute was admittedly designed to prevent the recurrence of the unprecedented and disastrous flood which invaded the Miami Valley in 1913. Briefly, there was provision for drainage…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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