Legal Opinion
City & County of Dallas Levee Improvement Dist. ex rel. Simond v. Allen
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided January 12, 1937No. Nos. 3681—937 to 3722—978PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ATWELL, District Judge.
The Trinity river divides the city of Dallas. Probably an hundred thousand are to the north and west of it, and more than two hundred thousand to the east and south. The main channel and the land contiguous thereto, in the total width of approximately three-quarters of a mile, overflowed once or more annually, and such territory was, therefore, uninhabitable. Over this river and valley several steel and concrete motor, street, and rail*779way bridges have been built. Some ten years ago the state Legislature completed a system of levee district legislation under which a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Matthews v. RodgersSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Madisonville Traction Company v. Saint Bernard Mining CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- State Ex Rel. Markley v. BaldwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- McNutt Ex Rel. Leggett, Smith, & Lawrence v. BlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- Henrietta Mills v. Rutherford CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by2 opinions
- City & County of Dallas Levee Imp. Dist. ex rel. Simond v. Industrial Properties Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
- Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion, Texas Attorney General Reports1943