Chariton River Drainage District v. Latham

This cause reaches this court on a writ of error sued out to review a judgment of the Circuit Court of Adair County, Missouri. In the trial court, the drainage district was plaintiff and Minta Latham was defendant, and for convenience they will be referred to in that manner.

Plaintiff is a drainage district organized in 1928 by decree of Circuit Court of Adair County, under the provisions of what is now Article 1, Chapter 79, Revised Statutes Missouri 1939. -Following' the decree of incorporation, a uniform organization tax of 50c per acre was levied upon all of the lands in the district in…