Indian Bayou Drainage District v. Dickie

Appellee is a landowner and taxpayer in the Indian Bayou Drainage District of Lonoke County, and he brought this suit to restrain the commissioners of the district from issuing additional bonds. In his complaint, appellee alleged the organization of the district under act 279 of the Acts of 1909, which act appears as §§ 3607 et seq., C. & M. Digest.

The assessed betterments in the district amounted to $463,428, and against this assessment bonds were issued in the sum of $147,000 from the proceeds of the sale of which the construction cost of the improvement, in accordance with the plans upon…