Beck v. Missouri Valley Drainage Dist. of Holt County

VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a citizen and resident of the state of Oklahoma, is the owner of 1,143 acres, approximately, of land in Holt eounty, Mo. January 10, 1927, the owners of a majority of the acreage in a contiguous body of swamp, wet, and overflow land, and lands subject to overflow, situate in Holt county, Mo., filed in the circuit court of said county their petition and articles of association for the incorporation of the Missouri Valley drainage district under and by virtue of the provisions of section 4378 of article 1 of chapter 28, Rev. St. Mo. 1919. In this…