People Ex Rel. Hepburn v. Maddox

G. S. Hepburn, the highway commissioner of Sidell Township, Vermilion county, plaintiff appellee, sought a writ of mandamus against defendant appellants, three drainage commissioners of the Little Vermilion Outlet Drainage District, Vermilion county, and the district itself, in the circuit court of Vermilion county. Upon the hearing before the court sitting without jury it appeared that appellant drainage district had been organized under the Levee and Drainage Act (ch. 42, Ill. Rev. Stat., par. 1 et seq. [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 42.006 et seq.]).The drainage district serves approximately…