Hobbs v. Moorhead Drainage District

The Board of Commissioners of the Moorhead Drainage District filed their petition for authority to borrow the sum of $26,000 in order to repair and preserve the existing system. The petition exhibited a resolution of the board passed to this end. The original petition stated that there were “other lands not embraced within the said district but benefited by the improvements therein”. Notice of such petition was published to “all persons owning lands in the Moorhead Drainage District of Sunflower County, Mississippi, and owning lands not embraced in said Drainage District but assessed for…