Johnson v. Kersh Lake Drainage District

Appellants bring this appeal from the Lincoln chancery court.

The Kersh Lake Drainage District, embracing lands in Jefferson, Lincoln and Desha counties, was created by an order of the Circuit Court of Jefferson county on August 24, 1912, under Act 279 of 1909. Benefits were assessed against each tract of land in the district in the total sum of $272,782.12, payable in annual installments. A contract for the improvement was let, the work completed and certificates of indebtedness issued to the contractor in payment.

A. J. Johnson, one of the appellants, owned and still owns 160 acres of land in…