Gray v. Beaver Pond Drainage District

This is an appeal from an order of the county court of Lawrence county overruling the legal objections of appellants to the petition of appellee for additional assessments under section 37 of the Levee act. Appellee contends that this is not an appealable order. From our view of the case that is the only question which needs to be considered.

For their right to this appeal, appellants rely on the 1909 amendment of section 16 of said act, which provides that appeals and writs of error may be taken from orders mentioned in that section. It has been held that orders on petitions filed under…