McCoy v. Board of Directors
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; Private property shall not be taken, appropriated or damaged for public use without just compensation therefor.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; Private property shall not be taken, appropriated or damaged for public use without just compensation therefor. Const., art. 2, § 22. The construction of the levee was virtually a condemnation of appellant’s land to public use. 13 Ark. 198; 80 U. S. 166; 188 U. S. 445. River water in times of ordinary floods is not surface water. 25 L. R. A. 527; 44 O. St. 279; 8 Barn. & C. 355. . It is still a part of the river. 87 'Ga. 246; 13 L. R. A. 397; 3 Bligh (N. S.) 414; 12 Gratt. 322; 65 Am. Dec. 247. Appellee had no right to erect a…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Plum Bayou Levee District was created by an act of the General Assembly in 1905 for the purpose of constructing a levee along or near the east bank of the Arkansas River, in the counties of Pulaski, Lonoke and Jefferson, to protect the lands embraced in the specified territory from inundation of waters of that river. The levee constructed pursuant to the creation of the district is 42 miles long, commencing in Pulaski County about the head 'of -Plum Bayou, and extending into Jefferson County, within two miles and a half of what is known as Rob Roy bridge. The levee is a solid, continuous…
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