Clay v. England

The Keo-E>ngland Drainage District No. 4 of Lonoke County was organized in 1917 under act 279 of the Acts of 1909 ($§ 3607 et seq., C. & M. Digest) and the acts amendatory thereof. The district embraces about 15,000 acres of land, and the benefits assessed totaled $143,970, against which bonds were sold to the amount of $65,000, the proceeds of which were used in paying the construction costs of the improvement. All the construction work contemplated by the original plans, upon which the assessment of betterments was based, was completed in 1919, and no work has been done since that time,…