Martin v. Union Drainage District No. 5
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. Frank D. Ramsay, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
John W. Martin filed a petition on January 6, 1908, in the Circuit Court of Whiteside county praying for a writ of mandamus, directed to the commissioners of Union Drainage District No. 5 of Montmorency and Coloma townships in Whiteside county or to Amos Haverstick, commanding them or him to pay certain warrants alleged to have been issued by said district.
The petition alleges that said Union Drainage District is a corporation organized in 1883, under the Farm Drainage Act, and that it is indebted to the petitioner in the amount of $781.19; that said indebtedness occurred in this wise: that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bradbury v. Vandalia Levee & Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Gormley v. DayIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Cristman v. PeckIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Winkelmann v. Moredock & Ivy Landing Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Drainage Commissioners of Drainage District No. 2 v. KinneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
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