Binder v. Langhorst

This is an action on the case brought by Jacob Binder against Frederick Langhorst, John Hem and Madison Phillips, drainage commissioners of Union Drainage District No. i, Kane and Kendall counties, under section 50 of the Levee act, under which said district was organized, to recover damages suffered by plaintiff through loss of crops by flood, which he claims was a direct result of the defendants’ neglect and refusal to give him adequate drainage for his lands, in the district. It is claimed that the drainage ditch was not large enough and did not properly drain the lands of the plaintiff,…