Powell v. Dallas County Levee Imp. Dist. No. 6

LOONEY, Justice.

The Dallas County Levee Improvement District No. 6 was created in 1919, containing 4,200 acres of land situated in the Counties of Dallas, Rockwall and Kaufman. The District issued and sold to the investing public construction bonds aggregating $288,000 bearing 6% interest per annum. The assessment of Benefit Plan of Taxation was adopted, and benefits assessed as basis were $100 per acre. Soon after being completed, the levees broke in a number of places and have never been repaired, the lands of the District being subject to overflow with each successive rain of sufficient…