Hunt Drainage District v. Harness

Hunt Drainage District, in Hancock county, was organized under the Levee act in 1879. It embraces 16,000 acres of land lying between the Mississippi river on the west and the bluffs on the east. Levees protect the district from overflow from the Mississippi river. Schuhart and Rocky Run creeks empty into the district at or near the foot of the bluffs. In April, 1923, the commissioners of the district filed in the county court of Hancock county a petition to condemn rights of way for the construction of diversion canals or ditches to carry the waters discharged into the district by Schuhart…