Hickman County Board of Drainage Commissioners v. Union Stock Land Bank

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Perry

Affirming in part and reversing in part.

This appeal presents a contest as to priority of lien claimed by the appellant, Hickman County Board of Drainage Commissioners, and the appellee, Union Stock Land Bank, as mortgagee, upon a certain 122.87 acres of land in Graves county, adjudged to constitute a part of the Bayou de Chien drainage district established therein in 1918.

This 122.87-acre tract, on Which these conflicting liens are claimed, is a part of a larger tract of 180 acres, lying upon the border line of this drainage district, which Dr. George Finis…