Legal Opinion

Kelley v. Drainage District No. 60

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 12, 1912PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Appeal from Green District Court. — Hon. M. E. Hutchinson, Judge. Appeal by the executors of the estate of James D. Kelley, deceased, from assessments for drainage improvements resulted in the approval of such assessments as made by the board of supervisors. The executor appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.

Drainage district No. 3, containing twenty-four forty-acre tracts situated in sections 3, 4, 9 and 10, in township 83 north, of range 29 west, of the 5th P. M., in Greene *737county, Iowa, was established, and the improvement contemplated was completed in 1906. On May 26, 1909, the members of the town council of Grand Junction and many others, after calling attention to the insufficiency of the improvement, and declaring that it did not carry off the water or adequately drain a part of Grand Junction, prayed the board of supervisors of Greene county to give the matter consideration. Thereupon the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Ross v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  2. Zinser v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  3. Hartshorn v. Wright County District CourtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
  4. Rolph v. City of FargoNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1898
  5. In re the Location & Establishment of Drainage District No. 3Supreme Court of Iowa · 1909

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Charlotte Harbor & Northern Railway Co. v. WellesSupreme Court of Florida · 1919
  2. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
  3. Mittman v. FarmerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
  4. Morrow v. Harrison CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
  5. Thorson v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1958

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