Laurence v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page District Court. — Hon. A. B. Tiiornell, J udge. From the action of the defendant Board of Supervisors in establishing a drainage district and providing for the construction of a ditch therein, the cost to be assessed upon the lands included within such district, the plaintiffs who had objected before the board to the establishment of such drainage district appealed to the district court from its action..
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Appeal from Page District Court. — Hon. A. B. Tiiornell, J udge. From the action of the defendant Board of Supervisors in establishing a drainage district and providing for the construction of a ditch therein, the cost to be assessed upon the lands included within such district, the plaintiffs who had objected before the board to the establishment of such drainage district appealed to the district court from its action.. After hearing this appeal on its merits, the court entered a decree dismissing the appeal, and the appellants in the district court have prosecuted their further appeal to…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The grounds of objection urged by the appellants before the board of supervisors were somewhat indefinite in character; but the objections urged on this appeal which may be considered to have been sufficiently raided before the board and on appeal before the district court are that the cost was excessive, resulting in a greater burden than should be properly borne by the land benefited; that the improvement was ordered without the recommendation of an engineer; that the action of the board as properly construed involved the construction of a ditch for only a small portion of the distance for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Zinser v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Hartshorn v. Wright County District CourtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
- Appeal of Focht v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
- Hampe v. Hamilton CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
3Cited by9 opinions
- Kelley v. Drainage District No. 60Supreme Court of Iowa · 1912
- Lyon v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
- Mittman v. FarmerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
- Munn v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
- Hatcher v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
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