Wallis v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. — Hon. O. D. Wheeler, Judge. Proceeding for the establishment of a drainage district. The district was established by order of the board of supervisors of Harrison county. Upon appeal to the district court such order was confirmed. Prom the order of the district court, the objectors have appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The district in question is known in the record as “The Soldier Valley Drainage District.” The Soldier river runs westerly toward the Missouri as its final outlet. The principal part of its course runs through the highlands which form the east bank of the Missouri river bottom. It has a watershed of three hundred and eighty square miles. It throws its waters upon the Missouri bottom at the foot of the bluffs at a point nearly seven miles distant from the river. Por want of a current and *460a well-defined channel, these waters spread over the bottom and follow a meandering course in a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Loveless v. RuffcornSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
3Cited by1 opinion
- Elliott v. County of WoodburySupreme Court of Iowa · 1913