Legal Opinion
Board of Directors of Plum Bayou Levee Dist. v. Roach
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1909No. 3,031PublishedCited by 10 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Action by M. J. Roach and Walker Stansell, partners, as Roach & Staneell, against the Board of Directors of ,the Plum Bayou Levee District. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WM. H. MUNGER, District Judge.
Bor convenience in the statement of this case, plaintiff in error will be called defendant and defendants in error plaintiffs.
The defendant, Plum Bayou Levee District, was created by an act of the General Assembly of the state of Arkansas (Laws 1905, p. 83), entitled:
“An act to lay off and establish parts of Pulaski, I.onoke and Jefferson counties, Arkansas, into a levee district, to be known as the Plum Bayou Levee District, for the erection and maintenance of a levee in said district, to incorporate a board of levee directors for said district, and for other…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Salt Lake City v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
- Wood v. Fort WayneSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Insurance Co. v. PiaggioSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Savage v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Henderson Bridge Co. v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Drainage Dist. No. 1 v. RudeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927
- Elkan v. Sebastian Bridge Dist.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
- Alliance Ins. Co. v. Alper-Salvage Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1927
- Walker v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
- Green Briar Drainage Dist. v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1923
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