People ex rel. Elliott v. Peeples

The county court of Gallatin county, on the application of the county collector, rendered judgment against certain lands for a special assessment made by the Cypress Special Drainage District, and the owners have appealed.

The district includes 11,200 acres. It was organized under the Farm Drainage act in 1902, and the improvements contemplated, consisting of one main and three lateral ditches, were made. In 1912 two land owners constructed ditches which were not a part of the drainage district, called the Dobell ditch and the Doherty ditch, which united and emptied into lateral No. 2 of the…