Crain v. Bd. of Dir. St. Francis Levee Dist. (1)

The above cases involve the same questions, and have been consolidated in this court. The records in these cases.disclose the following facts:

The St. Francis Levee .District was organized in 1893 for the purpose of protecting the lands of the district against overflows of the Mississippi River, and embraces within its boundaries a point of land, in the shape of a peninsula bounded on three sides by the Mississippi River located in the southern part of Mississippi County, known as Pecan Point. The lands involved in this controversy are situated on this point of land and are owned by the…