Johnson v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Story District Court. — Hon. E. M. Wright, Judge. Suit in equity praying an- injunction against the defendants to restrain them from constructing a drainage system across the lands of plaintiff. There was a demurrer to the petition, which was sustained. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The following statement from appellant’s argument is a fair presentation of the allegations of his petition:
On the 11th day of February, 1908, one Will Dodds, one of the defendants herein, filed a petition /in the auditor’s office of Story County, Iowa, asking the board of supervisors of said county to establish a drainage district which would run across the lands of plaintiff, and which would have its outlet, and discharge the water thereby collected, upon his said land. On the 18th day of February, 1908, said board of supervisors appointed an engineer to examine the lands described in said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lyman v. PlummerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
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