Reynolds v. Refuge Planting Co.

In her bill of complaint against the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners and Refuge Planting Company, Pearl E. Reynolds alleged that she is the owner of the fee of the levee right of way over the lands as therein described, and that the interest of the Levee Board therein amounts to an easement only. She prayed for cancellation of the maintenance contract to Refuge Planting Company and for the recovery of the reasonable value for grazing its cattle on the right of way.

At the conclusion of the evidence, the court held that the maintenance contract was a valid and reasonable exercise of…