ORR v. ALLEN

No. 288.

248 U.S. 35 (1918)

ORR v. ALLEN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 9, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert J. Smith for appellant.

Mr. Oren Britt Brown for appellees. Mr. John A. McMahon was also on the brief.


Memorandum opinion by THE CHIEF JUSTICE.

The "Conservancy Act of Ohio" is the name given the statute by its first section. Its seventy-nine sections are thus epitomized in the title: "To prevent floods, to protect cities, villages, farms and highways from inundation, and to authorize the organization of drainage and conservation districts." Ohio Gen. Code, §§ 6828-1 to 6828-79; Laws of Ohio, vol. 104, p. 13. The statute was admittedly designed to prevent...

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