Person v. Miller Levee District No. 2

Ed. F. MoFaddin, Justice.

The levee of Miller Levee District No. 2 (hereinafter called “District”) is located on lands of L. K. Person (hereinafter called “landowner”) south and west of Red River in Miller County. In November, 1948, due to a caving river bank, the District decided to construct a setback levee, or loop, about two miles in length, with each end joining the old levee —the result being to make the new loop several hundred feet removed from the river. Insofar as this setback levee affected the landowner, Person, it meant: (1) the right-of-way for the setback levee took 20.75 acres…