Reelfoot Lake Levee District v. Dawson

In June, 1895, the Legislature of the State, while in extraordinary session, by special Act created the ‘ ‘ Reelfoot Lake Levee District, ’ ’ comprising certain territory in the counties of Lake, Obion, Dyer, and Lauderdale, “known as a part of Reelfoot Lake Basin of overflowed lands,” and appointed two citizens of each of those counties as ‘ ‘ a board of directors ’ ’ therefor, to serve until the first Monday in March, 1898, and until the appointment and qualification of their successors; the said board to have power to ‘ ‘ sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and have continual…