IN RE DALLAS LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

No. 4138.

63 F.Supp. 342 (1945)

In re DALLAS LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

District Court, N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

November 30, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. W. Gray and W. P. Dumas, both of Dallas, Tex., for petitioner.

Bruce Graham, of Dallas, Tex., for Kenneth M. Keefe and John W. Getz, Jr., the Bondholders' Committee.

Henry D. Akin, of Dallas, Tex., for J. M. McGrath and Louise F. Corbusier.

Robert Ogden, of Dallas, Tex., for R. E. Simon, et al.

Lester A. Russell, in pro. per.

Scurry & Scurry, of Dallas, Tex., in pro per.


ATWELL, District Judge.

The Trinity River upon which Dallas is situated, had an annual habit of overflowing its natural banks, resulting in considerable destruction.

In 1926, 7,200 acres along this notionate waterway was voted, under a state statute, into a Levee Improvement District and a bond issue of $6,000,000 was authorized to build levees. The bonds were sold largely out of Texas. The levees and necessary pumps for effective work during the flooding...

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