Drainage Dist. 18, Craighead County v. Cornish

Drainage District No. 18 of Craighead county is one of the numerous improvement districts organized to drain lands within the St. Francis and the Little River deltas, and to protect those lands from the flood waters of one or both of those rivers. The St. Francis River flows west of District No. 18 and the Right-Hand Chute of Little River flows in a southwesterly direction along the south and east end of the district.

When the plans of District No. 18 were prepared by the engineer, it was contemplated that a levee be constructed along the west boundary of the district, to protect the lands…