Kirten v. Chicot County Drainage District

This appeal questions the jurisdiction of the circuit court to hold a special term to consider an appeal from the judgment of the county court assessing benefits upon the lands of William Kirten, situated in the Chicot Drainage District.

It appears ‘from the record that the Chicot Drainage District was created by act No. 405 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas of 1920, and that it has elected to become a drainage district under the general drainage acts of 1909.

Under the statute, certain landowners in the drainage district, including William Kirten, filed in the county…