Drainage District No. 1 v. Soucy

The defendant in error Drainage District No. i in townships i and 2, north, range g, west, and townships i and 2, north, range io, west, in St. Clair county, filed its bill in the circuit court of that county to foreclose alleged liens for drainage taxes upon tracts of land within the district,' and made the plaintiffs in error, Prosper J. Soucy and Mary Soucy, his wife, defendants, under an averment that they were the owners of the lands. The bill alleged the drainage district was organized on September 8, 1881, for agricultural purposes under the Farm Drainage act; that the drainage…