Legal Opinion

Commissioners of Union Drainage District No. 1 v. Commissioners of Union Drainage District No. 6

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1940No. 25351. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jones

The parties to this cause represent two adjoining drainage districts organized under the Farm Drainage act. Appellants are commissioners of district No. 6, and appellees are commissioners of district No. 1. The drainage ditch of district No. 6 empties into the main ditch of district No. 1. The question involved is what, if any, portion of the cost of cleaning and widening the main ditch of district No. 1, should be borne by district No. 6. Appellees filed a petition in the county court of Will county under section 6 of the act relating to adjoining drainage districts (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1939,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. City of Chicago v. MarshIllinois Supreme Court · 1909

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Union Drainage District No. 1 v. Special Drainage DistrictAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
  2. Okaw Drainage District v. Two Mile Slough Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1947

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