Rush v. Lick Creek Watershed District

This proceeding originated in the County Court of Greene County, Tennessee when the Lick Creek Watershed District, a corporation duly organized and operating under the Watershed District Act of 1955 (T. C. A. sec. 70-1801 et seq.), filed a petition setting out a proposed “work plan” or “project” for the District. The purpose of the project was to reduce the annual flood damage in the watershed drained by Lick Creek by the construction of numerous earth dams, by channel improvement and by land treatment measures to decrease run-off, erosion and production of sediment. The defendants were the…