Beck v. DeFir

Lee Seamster, Chief Justice.

This suit in ejectment was filed by appellants in the Desha Circuit Court. The complaint alleged that appellees were in wrongful possession of a certain 160 acre tract of land situated in Desha County, Arkansas, and prayed judgment for possession of said property.

The record reveals that the land in question is situated in the Southeast Arkansas Levee District. This District was created by Act 83 of the 1917 Acts of the General Assembly of Arkansas. The question here involves the construction of Section 9 of said Act.

The appellees claim title to the land by reason…