Brown v. Northern Indiana Land Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
From Lake Circuit Court; Virgil S. Reiter, Judge. Proceedings on a petition for the construction of a levee by John Brown and others, in which the Northern Indiana Land Company intervened. From a judgment dismissing the petition, the petitioners appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, C. J.
— This is an appeal from, a judgment dismissing a petition for the construction of a levee under the act approved March 9, 1907, as amended in 1911. Acts 1907 p. 404, §8188 et seq. Burns 1908; Acts 1911 p. 668, §8188 et seq. Burns *522' 1914.' The petition was filed September 10, 1912, and recited the names of hundreds of landowners, .whose lands, it was alleged, would be affected by the proposed work. The court found the petition sufficient and referred it to commissioners for preliminary report, which was made, and subsequently the commissioners made a final report as provided by the act. At…
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