Leonard v. Board of Directors of Plum Bayou Levee District
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The General Assembly of 1905 enacted a statute establishing the Plum Bayou Levee District, embracing certain lands in Pulaski, Lonoke and Jefferson counties, for the purpose of _ constructing and maintaining a levee along the bank of the Arkansas River in said district.
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Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The General Assembly of 1905 enacted a statute establishing the Plum Bayou Levee District, embracing certain lands in Pulaski, Lonoke and Jefferson counties, for the purpose of _ constructing and maintaining a levee along the bank of the Arkansas River in said district. The statute in question authorized the board of directors to borrow money and to issue therefor bonds of the district in the sum of $300,000 to expend in constructing and maintaining the levee, which was done. The levee. being incomplete…
1Opinion of the Court
McCueeoch, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The manifest object of this suit is to obtain a decision by this .court of the question of the authority of the board of directors to-issue certificates of indebtedness for the construction of the levee in excess of the authorized bond issue. Learned counsel on both sides waive all other questions in the case, and ask that we decide that one. They have failed, however, to present the question in appropriate proceedings. This suit is no more nor less than one to require of appellant the specific performance of his executory contract to construct the…
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