Collins v. Hollis

The majority opinion strikes down what is generally referred to as the Drainage Act as violative of sections 212 and 23 of the Constitution of 1901. This act was assailed as being in violation of section 222 of the Constitution, and in the case of Harkins v. Smith, 204 Ala. 417, 85 So. 812, this court held the act did not contravene that constitutional provision, and the judgment of the court below to the contrary was reversed and one here rendered.

The court in the Harkins Case quoted with approval the definition from other authorities of drainage district as being a form of governmental…