Howell v. White River Levee District

Appellants own a large body of land in the White River Levee District, and seek by this suit to restrain the officers of the district .from prosecuting a suit to enforce payment of certain delinquent taxes assessed against their lands. .They, prayed this relief upon the ground that the lands had , received no benefit and-could receive none from the proposed improvement.

In support of the allegations of the complaint, appellants offered testimony to the effect that their lands were situated between White and Cache Rivers, and were overflowed from the waters of both streams, and that the lands…