Carson v. St. Francis Levee District
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court in Chancery, Jonesboro District.' James E. Riddick, Judge. The theory of our government is that the taxing officers of local districts shall be elected by the local district to be taxed, or appointed in some manner to which the district has assented ; and that such officers shall be answerable, to those directly interested, for their official acts.
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Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court in Chancery, Jonesboro District.' James E. Riddick, Judge. The theory of our government is that the taxing officers of local districts shall be elected by the local district to be taxed, or appointed in some manner to which the district has assented ; and that such officers shall be answerable, to those directly interested, for their official acts. Under this act, the directors of the corporation are to be forever appointed by the Governor. The landowners have no voice in the control of the corporation, or the expenditure of the money they pay. The right of…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
The appellants filed their bill in the Crittenden circuit court, seeking to enjoin the appellee, the Board of Devee Directors of St. Francis Devee District, from the collection of a tax levied by appellee for the purpose of constructing a levee on the west side of the Mississippi' river, within the defined boundaries of the district, and as provided in the act of Feb. 15, 1893, entitled ‘ An act to lay off and establish that part of the St. Francis basin lying within the State of Arkansas into a levee district, and for protecting and maintaining the same, and to incorporate a board of levee…
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