Legal Opinion

Borah Drainage District v. Ankenbrand

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 21, 1917No. 10647PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Writ of Error to the County Court of Wayne county ; the Hon. Virgil W. Mills, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

The county court of Wayne county entered an order declaring the Borah Drainage District established as provided by law. The present plaintiffs in error and other owners of lands alleged to be located in a different watershed and improperly joined in the petition for the organization of a district sued out from this court a writ of error to reverse the order and assigned errors upon the record both as to the organization of the district and as to the inclusion of the lands of the other owners. It was found that the petition included in the proposed drainage district lands located in different…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Tennessee Drainage District v. MoyeIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Borah Drainage District v. AnkenbrandIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Wayne City Drainage District v. BoggsIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Borah Drainage District v. AnkenbrandIllinois Supreme Court · 1917

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Freshwater v. BonhamIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
  2. People ex rel. Matthews v. ShannonIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
  3. People ex rel. Book v. GrubbIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  4. People ex rel. Cunningham v. CrewsIllinois Supreme Court · 1922

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