Steele v. Gorman

These proceedings are had under the provisions of secs. 89.01 to 89.70 of the Statutes. They are purely statutory. Sec. 89.03 provides that all proceedings under the drainage district law are equitable in their nature, and sub. (3), sec. 89.07, provides that all issues arising under the drainage district law except issues of benefits and damages shall be tried by the court without a jury. So far as an appeal by a petitioner is concerned, the statute, sec. 89.15, provides, “The time within which an appeal to the supreme court may be taken from any judgment or appealable order in drainage…