Public Service Co. of Northern Ill. v. Corboy
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. The case is stated in the opinion. THe sole question for the consideration of this court is one of jurisdiction. Jud. Code, § 238; Mexican Central Ry. Co. v. Eckman,. 187 U. S. 429, 432; Venner v. Great Northern Ry. Co., 209 U. S. 24, 30; Simon v. Southern Ry.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. The case is stated in the opinion. THe sole question for the consideration of this court is one of jurisdiction. Jud. Code, § 238; Mexican Central Ry. Co. v. Eckman,. 187 U. S. 429, 432; Venner v. Great Northern Ry. Co., 209 U. S. 24, 30; Simon v. Southern Ry. Co., 236 U. S. 115, 121. The construction of the ditch, whether considered an act of the circuit court of Porter County or an act of the drainage commissioner as an agent of the State, is not a judicial proceeding.within the meaning of §265, but merely a…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
An “Act concerning drainage,” passed in Indiana in 1907, briefly outlined is as follows: (1) It authorized the appointment by the county commissioners of each county of an officer called a drainage commissioner and made the county surveyor also ex officio such an officer. (2) It empowered a defined circuit court, on the petition of private land owners or of municipal or other public bodies representing public ownership, to establish a drainage district and to authorize the carrying out in such district of the work petitioned for, and gave the court authority to appoint an additional drainage…
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