Preston v. Anderson County Levee Improvement Dist. No. 2

The Anderson county levee improvement district No. 2, the appellee in this suit, was organized in 1918 under the provisions of chapter 44 of the Acts of the Fourth Called Session of the 35th Legislature (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. Supp. 1922, art. 558áy2 et seq.). The purpose for which the improvement district was organized was to construct drains and levees for the reclamation of lands subject to overflow. Soon after its creation the proper officers proceeded, in accordance with the statute, to assess and fix the benefits and damages to accrue to the lands lying within its territorial limits as…