Shelton v. . White

BROWN, J., did not sit and took no part in the decision of this case. This is a proceeding under the general drainage law, 1909, ch. 442, as amended by Laws 1911, ch. 67, to establish the "Deep Creek Drainage District" in Edgecombe and Halifax. The original petition asked for the creation of a district 19 miles long and 3 or 4 miles wide, on both sides of Deep Creek. The board of viewers appointed by the preliminary decree recommended a district about (92) 10 miles long, cutting off both ends of the original proposition. The clerk ordered this modification and the establishment of the…