Supreme Court of North Carolina September 24, 1913 (Shelton v. . White)

BROWN, J., did not sit and took no part in the decision of this case. This is a proceeding under the general drainage law, 1909, ch. 442, as amended by Laws 1911, ch. 67, to establish the "Deep Creek Drainage District" in Edgecombe and Halifax. The original petition asked for the creation of a district 19 miles long and 3 or 4 miles wide, on both sides of Deep Creek.