Desha v. Independence County Bridge District No. 1

The appellee, plaintiff below, brought suit in the Independence Circuit Court, alleging that it was an improvement district created by act of the General Assembly for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a bridge across White River, at or near the present location of the ferry owned by the appellant, who was the defendant below. It alleged that it had a right to acquire all necessary land for the purpose of building approaches and embankments, as well as such land as may be necessary to connect the bridge with the public highway. That, in carrying out the purposes of its creation, it…