Legal Opinion
Kersh Lake Drainage District v. Johnson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 22, 1940No. 595PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
Kersh Lake Drainage District was organized, in 1912, under the general drainage law of Arkansas. An assessment of the value of benefits to accrue to each of the tracts of land embraced in the District was duly made, upon the basis of which annual levies were extended against each tract. And the District issued interest bearing certificates of indebtedness in payment of construction work done for it by contract.
Respondent Johnson, a landowner in the District,. brought suit against the District and its Commissioners in the Lincoln Chancery Court of the State of Arkansas in order to establish…
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