Donalson v. Lawson

— The appellant is the owner • of certain real estate in White county, which was assessed for the construo*170tion of a ditch established by the board of commissioners of said White county. At the time the ditch was petitioned for and established, in 1880, one George Sturges, a resident of the State of Ohio, was the owner of the land now owned by appellant. Sturges sold and conveyed" the land to one Buckingham, and Buckingham sold and conveyed the same to the appellant in July, 1886. The portion of the ditch set off and apportioned to Sturges, the then owner of the land, for construction, was by…