Strawberry Hill Land Corp. v. Starbuck
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Henrico county. Decree for defendants. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
In this proceeding the constitutionality of the act, entitled, “An act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to promote the public health, convenience, and welfare by leveeing, ditching, and draining the wet, swamp and overflowed lands of the State, and providing for the establishment of levee or drainage districts for the purpose of enlarging or changing any natural water courses, and for digging ditches, or canals, for securing better drainage, or providing better outlets for drainage, for building levees or embankments, and installing…
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