O'NEILL v. Leamer
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. The facts, which involve the. constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment and other provisions of the Federal Constitution of the Drainage District Law of Nebraska, and of a tax levied thereunder, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
Under the laws of Nebraska (Laws 1905, ch. 161; Laws 1909, ch. 147; Cobbey, Ann. Stat., §§5561-5597; Rev. .Stat.-19-13, §§ 1797 et seq.) the District Court of the State made an order organizing “Drainage District No. 2 of Dakota County.” The lands embraced within the district lay to the southeast of the village of Jackson and consisted of about 7,000 acres of swamp lands upon which were discharged the waters of Elk Creek coming from the northwest. It was recited in the order that the drainage of these lands would be “a public utility” and would “be conducive to the public convenience, health…
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