Stroud v. Commissioners of Union Drainage District No. 1
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. Frank D. Ramsay, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
Appellees filed a petition in the court below for a mandamus to compel the commissioners of Union Drainage District No. 1 of the township of Hamilton in Lee county and of the township of Hahnaman in the county of Whiteside to erect a bridge across their drainage ditch to connect the enclosed and tilled land of the petitioners on one side of their ditch with their enclosed and tilled land on the other side of the same ditch, as provided by section 14 of the Farm Drainage Act, under which said District is organized, which is as follows: “There shall be constructed at least one bridge or proper…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People ex rel. Hemstreet v. CrabbIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Commissioners of Lake Fork Special Drainage District v. BiggsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907
- People ex rel. Biggs v. Commissioners of Lake Fork Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
3Cited by1 opinion
- Riegel v. CommissionersAppellate Court of Illinois · 1918