D'Arcourt v. Little River Drainage District

This is an action for damages for alleged destruction of crops by water escaping from breaks in a levee constructed by the defendant. The pause was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs in the sum of $618. Defendant appeals.

The petition alleges the incorporation of the drainage district in 1917 under the ‘ ‘ Circuit Court Drainage Act” by authority of article 3, chapter 122, Revised Statutes 1899, and amendments thereto; that defendant as such constructed certain levees and ditches under such authority; that it was the special function of a certain levee, known…