Sloan v. Village Creek Drainage District

The improvement district involved in this controversy was created by special statute enacted by the General Assembly at the extraordinary session of 1920, which authorized the construction of a drainage system in the area described in Lawrence County, and the imposition of taxes upon benefits in order to raise funds to pay for the improvement. The district embraces nearly 70,000 acres of land, and the authorized plan for the improvement contemplates the construction of u main ditch, or canal, from twenty to seventy-five feet in width, through the channel of Village Creek, for a distance of…