Barnes v. Cass County

Tbe purpose of tbis action, as stated by tbe plaintiffs on tbis appeal, is “to set aside a special assessment on lands owned and controlled by tbe plaintiffs and others;” and it is urged tbe court erred in its decision and in not granting a new trial.

Tbé amended complaint is too lengthy to be set forth in full. Tbe charge, however, is that some time in 1918 “a pretended petition was presented” to tbe drainage board of Cass 'county “in which many of tbe subscribers' to said petition were never consulted and their names were fraudulently inserted upon said petition so presented,” praying for a…