Legal Opinion
Pendleton v. Stuttgart & King's Bayou Drainage & Irrigation Dist. No. 1
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided October 8, 1962No. 5-2684PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.
During 1911 there were created in Arkansas County two drainage districts —King’s Bayou Drainage District and Wulff Drainage District; Wulff Bayou drains into King’s Bayou. The districts are contiguous and extend from the City of Stuttgart to some 12 miles south. The districts accomplished the intended purposes and for a long time have been inactive and dormant; no drainage taxes having been levied for many years. No work has been done in either district since 1935; however, neither district has been formally dissolved.
In 1959 a new district, to be known as the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Carson v. St. Francis Levee DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- Lee Wilson & Co. v. William R. Compton Bond & Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Memphis Land & Timber Co. v. St. Francis Levee DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
- Sembler v. Water & Light Improvement DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
- Mahan v. WilsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Mayberry Drainage District v. GrahamSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
- Balloun v. ArcherSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1964