Russell v. Stansell
Supreme Court of the United States
Motion to dismiss an appeal from'the District Court of'the Ünfted States for the Northern District of Mississippi.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
Stansell, the appellee, obtained a decree in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District, of- Mississippi, in Juné, 1879, against the Levee Board of Mississippi, District No. 1, for $71,623.67. This decree being unsatisfied, he instituted summary proceedings in the same court, under the provisions of the statute creating the levee board, to obtain an assessment and collection of the charge which was imposed on the lands in the district for its payment. On the 7th of February, 1880, the court entered an order which resulted in an assessment by commissioners appointed for…
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