Southeast Arkansas Levee District v. Turner

Appellees are landowners in the Southeast Arkansas Levee District, hereinafter referred to as the district, and they brought this suit to enjoin the collection of an alleged excessive assessment against their property.

The district was created by act 83 of the Acts of the ■ General Assembly of 1917, which was amended in 1919, and further amended by act 139 of the Acts of 1923 (Special Acts 1923, page 261).

Section 8 of the original act of 1917 contained a legislative finding as to the extent of the betterments to be assessed against the property of the district, and, pursuant to the authority…