Plum Bayou Levee District v. Pocket Cypress Drainage District No. 1

Under authority of a special statute enacted by the General Assembly in' the year 1905, Plum Bayou Levee District, created by that statute, constructed a levee along the east bank of the Arkansas River in Pulaski, Lonoke and Jefferson counties, to protect the adjacent lands from flood waters of the river. The levee begins at a point near Old River, in Pulaski County, and extends southeasterly along the bank of the river for a distance of about forty-three miles, ending at a point south of Rob Roy, and it protects an area of about 377,000 acres, the levee being maintained by the district.

The…