Stimson Veneer & Lumber Trust v. Laconia Levee District

Laconia Levee District of Desha county, appellee, brought this action to foreclose its-lien against certain lands, including the lands of appellant here involved,, for delinquent taxes for the years 1943,1944, and 1945. Appellant in its answer and cross-complaint denied the District’s right to foreclose on the ground “that all of said lands are located outside or on the river side of the levees of the Laconia Levee District and receive no benefit or protection whatever from the District or its levees, and that to collect tax from said land would be an unauthorized and illegal taking under the…