Mayne v. Board of Supervisors

1- íísbment fcon^" as’to^benefltsf rccl&.ssiiic£itioii The Pigeon Creek Drainage District was established in 1906, the lands therein classified and assessed, and the ditch excavated. It extended from the northeast in a southwesterly direction through Section 23, the right of way of the C. & N. E. R. Co., into Section 22, then a little west of south through the right of way of the Illinois Central R. Co., and from there on to the SW14 SE14 of Section 34. The Missouri River was about a half mile farther on, but it was thought the action of the waters would wash out a channel to the river. This…