After more than three years, the legal battle between the City of Smithville and the DeKalb Utility District (DUD) has come to an end. Chancellor Ronald Thurman dismissed a DUD complaint against the city and the city’s counter claim against the DUD on May 22, with both sides agreeing to the measure. The affair began when the DUD filed a complaint in February, 2014 after city aldermen raised the rate it was charging the DUD from $2.67 to $5.00 per thousand gallons, the rate that all other city water customers were paying.