Board of Directors v. Brown

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the Board of Directors of the St. Francis Levee District from a judgment entered by the trial court in a law action, jury having been waived, awarding damages in the amount of $3,600 to the children and devisees under the will of Julius A. Taylor, and devisees named in the will of Louisa Crawford Taylor, his wife.

It appears from the record that Julius A. Taylor died testate shortly prior to August 20, 1895, the then owner of certain lands situate in Lee county, Ark. The provisions of his will, pertinent to the case at bar, are as follows:

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