Legal Opinion

Bay Bottoms Drainage District v. Stokes

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1919No. 12863PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Writ of Error to the County Court of Pope county; the Hon. B. E. Anderson, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter

This was a proceeding in thé county court of Pope county in which the drainage commissioners of the defendant in error district filed a petition for an additional assessment of $31,000 against all the lands benefited in the drainage district. After the pleadings were settled a hearing was had in said court and the petition held sufficient, and the court entered an order authorizing the levy of an additional assessment to complete payment for work undertaken by said trustees. From that judgment this writ of error was sued out.

Under the original organization of this district the commissioners…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Peterson v. OmenIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Winkelmann v. Moredock & Ivy Landing Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Drainage Commissioners of Drainage District No. 2 v. KinneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  4. City of Chicago v. NoonanIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Gage v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1906

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Du Page County Election Commission v. State Board of ElectionsAppellate Court of Illinois · 2003
  2. Turner v. Hunt Drainage Dist.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1936

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