Commissioners of Drainage District No. 5 v. Arnold

This is an appeal from an order and judgment of the circuit court of Will county. Appellees, as drainage commissioners of Drainage District No. 5 of Monee, filed a petition in the county court of that county in which it was alleged that the drainage district was organized under the act of 1885, commonly known as the Farm Drainage Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1941, chap. 42, par. 82 et seq.,) that the commissioners of the drainage district were of the opinion that there were certain lands lying outside the district which were benefited by the original work, and by work to be done, in said district;…