Wade v. East Side Levee & Sanitary District

The East Side Levee and Sanitary District (hereafter referred to as the district) is a municipal corporation organized in 1909 under authority of an act of the legislature relative to the creation of sanitary districts comprising lands situated in two counties, approved May 17, 1907. (Smith’s Stat. 1925, chap. 42, p. 1058.) The district contains lands near the Mississippi river and located in Madison and St. Clair counties. Prior to and during the year 1920 the district had carried on a large amount of work for sanitary purposes and had become extensively obligated by the issuance of bonds…