Low v. Black Bayou Drainage District
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Washington county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Proceeding for the establishment of the Black Bayou Drainage District. Prom a decree creating the district, W. A. Low and others appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Washington county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Proceeding for the establishment of the Black Bayou Drainage District. Prom a decree creating the district, W. A. Low and others appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Our contention is that, having declined to establish the district prayed for, and having eliminated from consideration in the proceedings all of the lands lying in Issaquena county, leaving for consideration as to whether any district at all should be established, lands lying in Washington county only, this decree was,…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is an appeal from a decree creating a drainage district under the provisions of chapter 195, of the Laws of 1912. The petition prayed for the creation of a district embracing land in both Washington and Issaquena counties. When it came on to be heard the court eliminated from the district all of the land situated in Issa-quena county, except the lands under and the banks of Lake Lafayette and part of Steele’s bayou, so that the district when created contained no land in Issaquena county, except the banks of and land under this lake and bayou. Under section 1 of the statute here in…
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