Legal Opinion
Board of Commissioners of McKinney Bayou Drainage District v. Board of Directors of Garland Levee District
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 19, 1930PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoHaney, J.
The principal question presented by this appeal, if not the only one, is that of priority of liens, if any, for taxes on assessed benefits or betterments in overlapping improvement districts, organized by legislative authority at different times, and under different acts of the Legislature. Appellants will hereafter be referred to as the drainage district and appellee as the levee district.
The levee district was created by .Special Act 311, Acts of 1913, p.. 1267, and the provisions thereof were reenacted, and the district validated by Special Act 56, Acts 1917, p. 235. Additional bonds were…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Turley v. St. Francis County Road Improvement District No. 4Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1926
- Wyatt v. BeardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1929
- Hoehler v. W. B. Worthen Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
- Dorsey Land & Lumber Co. v. Board of DirectorsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
3Cited by11 opinions
- Howe v. Long Prairie Levee DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1933
- St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Franklin-American Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
- Oliver v. GannSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1931
- Leonard v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1957
- Miller v. Cache River Drainage District No. 2Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
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