Watson v. Drainage District No. 3

In 1949 the appellee, Drainage District No. 3 of Crittenden County, petitioned the county court to levy annually for ten years a tax of 5% uf the assessed benefits for the purpose of cleaning out and maintaining the district’s drainage system. Ark. Stats., 1947, § 21-533. The appellant, a landowner within the-district, protested the proposed levy on the theory that the benefits assessed against his land had been paid in full and that any additional levy would have to be authorized by a majority of the landowners, as set forth in Cox v. Drainage Dist. No. 27, 208 Ark. 755, 187 S. W. 2d 887.…