State v. Porter Co. Drainage Board

This case involves a question of procedural regularity in the establishment of a new legal drain in Porter County, Indiana. The Porter County Drainage Board is empowered by the Indiana Drainage Code, I.C. 1971, 19-4-1-1 through 19-4-10-5, being Burns §§ 27-2001 through 27-2705, to establish legal drains in their county and to allocate the necessary assessments against the affected landowners. The Indiana Drainage Code carefully delineates the power of the county drainage board to insure fairness to the landowners involved by prescribing specific and detailed procedures which must be followed…