Rattlesnake Drainage District v. Koshkonong Mud Creek Drainage District
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from orders of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat Steveets, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from three separate orders raising substantially the same point, namely, the validity of assessment ■of benefits against the plaintiff district.
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Appeal from orders of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat Steveets, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from three separate orders raising substantially the same point, namely, the validity of assessment ■of benefits against the plaintiff district. One order directs the commissioners of the Koshkonong Mud Greek Drainage District, defendant, to amend their report and award costs in the sum of $176.28 against the plaintiff district; another denies a motion of the plaintiff, the Rattlesnake Drainage District, to set aside a verdict of the jury and strike out any assessment for benefits…
1Opinion of the CourtKerwie, J.
Secs. 1379 — 11 to 1379 — 325, Stats., as amended (Snpp. 1906: Laws of 1905, eh. 419), provide for the organization of drainage districts. The plaintiff district was established under the provisions of these statutes in 1908. Its boundaries were fixed by order of the court, plans and specifications duly filed, and notice given to-all landowners within the district and assessments for benefits which would accrue on account of the proposed work made against each *225respective parcel of land. Tbe second report of tbe commissioners was adopted and a final order of tbe court made confirming tbe same,…
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- Sharp v. EatonIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
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