Gibbs v. . Drainage Commissioners

This is an appeal from an injunction restraining the collection of an assessment for maintenance beyond 15 cents per acre as to lands outside of the lake bottom in Mattamuskeet Drainage District in Hyde.

This district was organized in 1909 by the landowners around and outside of Lake Mattamuskeet in conjunction with the State Board of Education, then the owner of the lands constituting the bed or bottom of the lake, together with some lands not covered by water. Carter v. Comrs., 156 N.C. 183.

The drainage of this lake was undertaken to benefit over 50,000 acres of low lying land owned by…