Dorsey Land & Lumber Co. v. Board of Directors
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller Chancery Court; Jas. D. Shaver, Chancellor; Action by the Board of Directors, of Garland Levee District against the Dorsey Land & Lumber Company and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant named appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
The General Assembly of 1913, by special statute duly enacted, created an improvement district for the purpose of constructing a levee along the west bank of Red River in Miller County, and included in the district lands of a total area of about 53,000 acres on the west side of the river in that county. Acts of 1913, p. 1267. Nearly one-half of the lands embraced in the district were then and are now owned by the Dorsey Land & Lumber Company, a domestic corporation. The territorial boundaries of the district were described in the statute as beginning at a point where a certain section line…
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