Seibert v. Lovell

1 *5102 *509I. But two questions need be considered on this appeal: First, when was jurisdiction obtained over the subject-matter of the action; and, second, if jurisdiction once attached, could the power of the board to act be defeated by any subsequent action on part of a part of the petitioners, by their protesting or remonstrating or withdrawing their names from the petition, so as to reduce the number of petitioners below the one hundred required by the statute? The law, in reference to the establishment of drains, levees, ditches, and watercourses is found in chapter 2 of title 10 of the Code of…